There are only two people from whom Milton Bradley has ever wanted to get an autograph.

He's about to play with one of them.

"Some of the things that happen in your life and as a baseball player are kind of surreal to you. To play with Ken Griffey is one of those," Bradley said of the Mariners star. "It's an absolute blast for me."

The mercurial outfielder is now Griffey's newest teammate. Seattle acquired Bradley on Friday from the Chicago Cubs for expensive and underperforming pitcher Carlos Silva.

Chicago also received $9 million from the Mariners as part of the swap, which makes Seattle the eighth team of Bradley's 10-year career. Silva has $25 million remaining on his contract and Bradley has $22 million left on his deal.

The dual dumping, which came together in 48 hours, got rid of headaches for each team _ yet has the potential of creating new ones in each city.

That other person Bradley has always wanted an autograph from? It's not general manager Jim Hendry, or anyone else associated with the Cubs.

Chicago has been wanting to trade Bradley since the Cubs suspended him for the final two weeks of last season, shortly after he criticized the atmosphere surrounding a team that hasn't won a World Series since 1908.

"I have no interest in talking about Chicago," Bradley said on a conference call. "I've moved on. I wish you would move on. And I wish the Chicago Cubs organization the best."

Hendry said Friday he regrets signing the outfielder to a $30 million, three-year contract. Bradley hit .257 with 40 RBIs last season.

"I bear the responsibility for that not working out," Hendry said during another conference call. "Obviously, in this case, it did not work out how we planned, which was also the reason I sent Milton home. (That's) not going to be tolerated, to treat our fans, teammates and members of the media the way he did.

"It's just time to put it behind us and move forward."

Bradley's reaction: "That's Jim's opinion."

Seattle, which has never appeared in a World Series, didn't expect to find a suitor for Silva. He has done little except lose and get hurt in the two seasons since he signed a $48 million, four-year contract.

Silva won five games in two years with the Mariners. They will now pay more to Chicago to shed the contract second-year Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik inherited from predecessor Bill Bavasi.

Zduriencik's third splashy move in three days was to add more offense following his acquisition of ace Cliff Lee in a trade with Philadelphia and the signing of infielder Chone Figgins.