Umpire Suspended Over Bradley Flap

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Umpire Mike Winters was suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season yesterday because of his confrontation with San Diego’s Milton Bradley last weekend.

The Padres claimed Winters baited Bradley, who has a history of losing his temper. Bradley tore a knee ligament when his manager spun him to the ground while trying to keep him from going after the umpire during Sunday’s 7-3 loss to Colorado in San Diego.

Winters was suspended because thecommissioner’sofficeconcluded he had used a profanity aimed at Bradley, a baseball official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the reason for the suspension was not announced.

“It’s something that’s handled internally by MLB. They handle the umpires, the Padres don’t,” San Diego manager Bud Black said in San Francisco before his team played the Giants.


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