UPDATE: Former Dodger Milton Bradley Free on Bail After Encino Arrest

UPDATE 3:37 p.m.: The Los Angeles Times has this update: "Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley was arrested after allegedly swinging a bat at his wife—and missing—at his San Fernando Valley home, Los Angeles police said Wednesday." Click here for the Times' coverage of the incident.

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Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley was free on $30,000 bail Wednesday after being arrested in Encino on suspicion of felony battery, according to City News Service.

Bradley, 33, was booked at the Van Nuys jail following his arrest at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sheriff's Department records. He was released on bail about eight hours later, and was tentatively scheduled to appear in court in Van Nuys on Oct. 18.

The arrest occurred at Bradley's home in the 5300 block of Oak Park Avenue. after a woman called police and claimed Bradley had threatened her, police said. Bradley was never charged with a crime stemming from that arrest. Bradley, a Long Beach Polytechnic High School graduate who made his Major League Baseball debut with the Montreal Expos in 2000, has had a checkered career.

In June 2004, Bradley drew a four-game suspension after throwing a ball bag onto the field following an argument with an umpire. As a member of the Cleveland Indians, an altercation with manger Eric Wedge during spring training prompted his trade to the Dodgers.

The Dodgers suspended Bradley in September 2004 for the final five games of the regular season and ordered him to undergo anger management sessions for throwing a plastic bottle into the stands at Dodger Stadium.

—City News Service