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From Baker's article on Bradley:
"Some of the things that happen to you in your life as a baseball player are kind of surreal to you and getting to play with Ken Griffey Jr. is one of them,'' Bradley told me when I asked him how much interraction they'd had over the years. "There's only two guys that I wanted an autograph from in my life and that's Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds. I got to meet both of them and get their autograph and spend some time (with them). So, it's been surreal and just an absolute blast for me.
"I made my first error as a Montreal Expo on a ball Griffey hit to me at Olympic Stadium back in the day. Him and Barry Larkin really razzed me about it the next day because it hit me in my back pocket. So, Barry Larkin was walking around with a glove sticking out of his back pocket. They were making fun of me. I remember all that stuff as a rookie. I've never been so glad to be made fun of.''
The Rick Rizzs' of the baseball world will have to tip toe around Bradley but Junior pretty much has carte blanche. One simply cannot underestimate what having a guy that Milton has legit, real respect for sitting right next to him every day.