"Milton Bradley returned to Chicago Friday night as a member of the Seattle Mariners.

The controversial outfielder was not in the starting lineup again, still nursing a sore calf muscle as the Mariners prepared to face the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.

Asked if he had any message for Chicagoans, Bradley replied: "No." Then he added, " God bless Seattle."

Bradley was listed as a possible emergency reserve for Friday night's game.

Photo: Milton Bradley and Ken Griffey Jr. hug it out after Bradley homered against Oakland earlier this month. (John Froschauer/AP)

"I am being real cautious with it," he said about his calf. "It is one of those things that could be three or four weeks if you pull it. I am trying to make sure, especially with the cold weather, that everything is loose."

Bradley's new teammates and manager Don Wakamatsu had nothing but positive things to say about him as a teammate. "