When you or I need a hug, we simply go down to the corner and offer to pay a stranger for his/her kindness. But baseball players, bound by a code of duty and hairy-shouldered manliness, have to stymie their affectionate impulses. We propose remedying this situation with a league-mandated hug-off, commencing with the following lonely hearts.

Milton Bradley, Texas Rangers
We focus so much on the rage that has set Bradley upon umpire, teammate and Sunday driver alike, not to mention his insistence upon “introducing himself” to unflattering broadcasters. What we don’t focus on: the scared boy inside the sociopath, one whose good deeds and on-field accomplishments have been acknowledged with little more than widespread adulation, huge mounds of cash, and free home-theater systems.
Type of hug: Quick shoulder-to-shoulder bump, with a battalion of snipers and security personnel monitoring the proceedings nearby.

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