MB’s mom is trying to mend his epically burned bridges (mixed metaphors for the win!), telling people that he’d come back if the Cubs organization would have him.

Beyond the fact that that’s supremely unlikely, given the Cubs’ clubhouse woes in general, her comments are still interesting in a way.

“Milton sleeps, eats, and drinks” baseball, according to mom.  Now, that may be, at least in her head, but to us it looks a lot like Milton thinks baseball’s a job.  Maybe a job he loves doing, and doing well.  But not a job he loves the culture of or the coworkers in.  He’s not the guy playing cards with teammates, let alone the guy pulling pranks.

He goes to work, works, and goes home.

Work and play are separate for guys like Bradley, and while that doesn’t get in the way of his production when he’s happy with his situation, we imagine it can feel fairly alienating in a workplace where the point’s to play a game.

As for his mom, seems like a sweet lady, no?