Milton Bradley may no longer be in the Windy City, but his mouth still is generating a fair amount of hurricane force gusts.

Bradley, who was mediocre at best in his one season on the North Side of the city, struggling on a regular basis, forgetting how many outs there were in one game with the Twins, striking out in key at bats, and generally failing to live up to the $10 million he was paid for last season, has relocated to the Pacific Northwest this year.  He was dealt to Seattle in a deal that allowed Jim Hendry to get rid of the mercurial outfielder in exchange for Carlos Silva, who disappointed for the Mariners in his stint there.

However, while Silva has been working to fit in with his new team and getting in shape, Bradley continues to run at the mouth about Chicago and how it was the city's fault, not his, for his performance in 2009.  Here is what Bradley had to say, courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times:

''Two years ago, I played, and I was good,'' he told the Times. ''I go to Chicago, not good. I've been good my whole career. So, obviously, it was something with Chicago, not me.''

''Just no communication. I never hit more than 22 homers in my career, and all of a sudden I get to Chicago, and they expect me to hit 30. It doesn't make sense. History tells you I'm not going to hit that many. Just a lot of things that try to make me a player I'm not.''

That statement was refuted by manager Lou Piniella, GM Jim Hendry and pretty much everyone in the organization.  Bradley claims that "Any time I've had a problem anywhere, it's because I've been disrespected. And I will not be disrespected by anyone.''  Really...so the problem is because you're disrespected EVERYWHERE you go, but it has nothing to do with you?  His comments make me want to go out, purchase a stack of netbooks, and systematically smash them over his enlarged cranium.

It's his eighth team in eleven seasons now.  He's quickly running out of real estate.  Blaming an entire CITY for your misfortunes and poor play is bordering on ridiculous.  For the sake of the Pacific Northwest, I hope that Bradley can dig his head out of his ass and put together a decent campaign for the Mariners.  With Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki on the club, Bradley will be kept in check, at least to start.  Whether that holds true for the rest of the season, or if he becomes the headache that he has been prone to being, remains to be seen.

I wish Bradley well...as long as he stays away from the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field.