Maybe Billy Wagner wasn't such an old school bully when he attempted to teach Lastings Milledge's the ways of the league. It appears that Milledge continues to act like an entitled, spoiled brat who beats to his own drum and ostracizes his teammates/organization. It's hard to act like Barry Bonds when your hitting .167 and take bad routes to fly balls. The Nats are contemplating sending him down when several players return from the DL.......the Nats are tired of Lastings Milledge, their 24-year-old center fielder, acting like a 10-year veteran who has earned a central position in their locker room when, in fact, he has accomplished little. When he doesn't show up until 30 minutes before team stretching exercises or is late to a team meeting the day before Opening Day, it sends a bad message that honors are given before they are earned in the Nats' world.
So don't be surprised if, fairly soon, the Nats' clogged outfield problem is solved, at least temporarily, in an unexpected way: by sending Milledge back to the minor leagues. He's a gifted athlete but, both in center field and as a leadoff hitter, he is still an unpolished and undisciplined player. The Nats' front office still refers to the zig-zag routes he runs to fly balls, like two more adventures yesterday, as "pass patterns" because he breaks in so many different directions. As a leadoff man, he seems to have no sense of his get-on-base role. source Washington Post
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