Blame Is All Around in Latest Incident

I believe the Dodgers and Milton Bradley should take responsibility for poor actions by Milton Bradley.

I also believe the L.A. Times and its reporter should take responsibility for poor actions by its reporter. To say, “We back our reporter from every angle,” is hardly doing that. The Times’ reporter lost it, making provoking, unprofessional baiting statements like, “Got a bottle? Going to throw it at me?” That sounds like playground talk, not professional journalism. Does the L.A. Times back its reporter from that angle too?

Randall Allen

Cedar City, Utah

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So the guy who agrees he needs anger counseling uses a racial epithet toward a reporter he has seen every day this season and the Dodgers say the problem should be resolved between the two men. Where have you gone, Jackie Robinson?

Patrick Mallon

San Luis Obispo

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I was supportive of Milton Bradley after the bottle-throwing incident, feeling that more blame should go to the fans, especially the one who threw the bottle, than to Bradley.

However, I’m disappointed in Bradley’s confrontation with The Times reporter. Making race an issue when it isn’t is a form of racism. Calling another person an “Uncle Tom” here in the 21st century is a most blatant form of racism. Milton Bradley has shown his true colors, that of a racist.

I would hope that the Dodgers and Major League Baseball would handle this matter as they would any other player making racist comments. But they won’t.

Ryal Haakenson

Covina

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L.A. Times reporter Jason Reid, along with other media members, need to think before they ask. Why would you probe a person with an anger problem about an incident just last week? Reid asked Milton Bradley, who bad-mouthed him, if the fans in right field heckled him during Game 1 in St. Louis. Who cares? Stick to writing about what happens in the game and on the field. Name-calling is not appropriate, but common sense is.

Wayne Muramatsu

Cerritos