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Rangers OF Milton Bradley said yesterday he wanted to "introduce" himself to Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre after some negative comments made on the air.
Bradley stormed up four flights of Kauffman Stadium stairs looking for Lefebvre after the Rangers' 11-5 victory on Wednesday night.
"I came in to watch my at-bat on the video and all of a sudden I heard my name," Bradley said yesterday. "It was a spiel like five minutes out of the blue about me. I didn't think anything he was saying was anything positive.
"I never met him and I heard him talking about me on TV. I was upset and was going to introduce myself. . . . All I wanted to do was introduce myself and tell him the stuff you're talking about is uncalled for."
Bradley never made it to Lefebvre, who is the son of former major league manager and player Jim Lefebvre. Rangers GM Jon Daniels interceded and the two went back to the clubhouse.
Daniels said the Rangers would take no disciplinary action against Bradley.
"It's a situation you want to avoid, but I don't see where disciplinary action is warranted," Daniels said. "I was there the whole time. There was no aggressive action. There was no foul action, nothing of the sort. We move on."
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-- From News Services
