the game and imploded. San Diego first base coach Bobby Meacham tried to restrain Bradley, but the outfielder wriggled out of the coaches grasp. At that point Padres manager Bud Black ran from the dugout and wrestled Bradley to the ground, tearing the ACL in the process.

Naturally Bradley is blaming everybody but himself, the umpire, a fan who supposedly heckled Winters from the stands, and who knows maybe a popcorn vendor. Milton, I am sincerely sorry you are hurt, but unfortunately you have only yourself to blame. You got yourself run out of Montreal where you were known as a can't miss prospect. You blamed Eric Wedge for your demise in Cleveland, and Jeff Kent for your troubles with the Dodgers. Earlier this year you were released byStreet would rather litigate than negotiate.

Wall Street Hypocrisy

Financial giants renegotiate their loans all the time. For example, the New York Times reports (December 13) that Blackstone, the private equity giant which also is the largest U.S. private real estate owner, renegotiated billions of dollars of loans it took out when it purchased Hilton at the height of the bubble: “When they bought Hilton for $26 billion, it was like buying a very big house,” said Steven Kaplan, a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. “And they financed it like a house, taking on debt.”

After the economy crashed, Blackstone did exactly what Richmond wants to do: "Blackstone approached its lenders and offered to restructure the deal. Led by its global head of real estate, Jonathan