Here are my two-cent observations from this weekend’s fracas over at the Cell.
● Barrett simply over-reacted. The Cubs suck, he is frustrated and he lost his temper. I will not argue that it was a clean play but, after you’ve been run into by a 250 pound man you tell me you wouldn’t lose your cool.
● While I agree that the play itself was good hard baseball, Pierzynski’s actions after that did incite Barrett. He did not need to slam his hands on home plate. Then he turned towards the Cub dugout. His bullshit that he was retrieving his helmet is just that, bullshit. So, Barrett already riled up after getting run over reacted and punched A.J.
● Barrett just became a hero to 90% of the other players in the Majors. It is wildly recognized that Pierzynski is the most hated player in the game. By punching him in the mouth, Barrett did what so many other players would have loved to have done.
● What does it say about the White Sox, that this jerk has found a home on the Southside? The Twins hated him so they ran him out of town. He went to the Giants and he was such a disturbance there that they just simply cut him and got nothing in return. Suddenly he fits right in, with the Sox. Then again, Sox fans know a little something about being jerks.
● Brian Anderson’s actions were just as ugly as Barrett’s. Yes, Barrett started it. However Anderson way over-reacted and slamming John Mabry to the ground was wrong. Sure, I am all for coming to the aid of a teammate like Podsenick did but, why Anderson felt the need to go after John Mabry is beyond me. Barrett should be suspended but so should Anderson.
● Dusty Baker did not stand up for his player. Instead of coming to the defense of Barrett, Baker went to the media and said that Barrett over-reacted. Sure, that might be true but a good players manager comes to the defense of a player in public. In private you can have a word with Barrett but in the press you have his back. Baker clearly shoved Barrett under the bus.
● The fight has taken the attention away from the fact that the Cubs are a joke. This team is an embarrassment and instead of focusing on how pathetic we are, the fight is all the media can talk about. Baker, Hendry, Macphail, and the entire Tribune board of directors should send Barrett and thank you card.
● Sure we lost two out of three but we knocked the Sox out of first with that win yesterday. Hey I know it is of little solace but we have to take any vindication wherever we can find it.
2 Comments:
*Yes Barrett overreacted, no excuse not even being run over my a 250? pound man.
*Barrett is responsible for his actions, not AJ.
*You'd love AJ if he were on your team, just like you loved Rodman when he was on the Bulls.
*It says the White Sox are World Champions. There are jerk fans on both sides of town.
*IF Mabry go hurt by Anderson you'd be thanking him because his play is horseshit.
*The bus works for Ozzie.
*The Cubs are a joke but we Sox fans don't care because we're only interested in the trophy.
*perhaps someday, you'll care more about winning the trophy than beating the sox one game out of three.
btw, it wasn't the play of the cubs that knocked the sox out of 1st it's the play of the tigers
Before you judge Barrett, I have to ask have you ever been run over by a 250 pound man? Till then can you really say how you would react?
Oh, so in your world only Barrett is responsible for his actions. Pierzynski didn't slap the plate or then towards him or anything. Trouble just seems to find him by accident, I guess.
Please, spare me the AJ and Rodman BS. I hated Rodman when he was on the Bulls. I hated Steve Trachsel and Kyle Farnsworth when they were on the Northside. A jerk is a jerk.
Sure, there are jerks on both sides of town. I just find it interesting that now Pierzynski is accepted in that clubhouse after being run out of two cites.
Sure, Mabry sucks, however how does that excuse Anderson's actions? What does one have to do with the other?
Ozzie, is a loon. I am so sick of this BS, with this guy. The truth is he has a great team. Cooper is a first rate pitching coach who is not getting enough credit. It goes back to my Ditka argument. They won while he was there, but Buddy Ryan had more to do with them winning that Super Bowl then Ditka.
I love how Sox fans act now like they are the Yankees. You won last year. Great, how about a little humility and perspective. I want to win a World Series on the north side just as much as you want one, and I could care less about the Sox series if we won it all. 2003 was only three years ago and if you think I was thinking about the White Sox that postseason, you are nuts.
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