"Albert Belle was one of the most anti-social players imaginable. He could divide a clubhouse and turn a great job into a nightmare for the people charged with supervising him or playing alongside him. He also could hit like very few others of his era.

Belle's 1995 season was epic. His second half in 1998, with the White Sox far from a playoff race, was one of the most impressive displays of hitting, day in and day out, I ever have seen. There was no mystery to why multiple teams put up with his behavioral issues.

But Milton Bradley? Does his possible impact on a lineup really justify all of this?

The Mariners went to great links to assimilate Bradley, 32, into their clubhouse after bravely taking him off the Cubs' hands over the winter. They did so even though he never has had more than 22 home runs or 77 RBIs."