He's not very smart because his team has been sucking, showing no life, his team is getting the crapped kicked out of them by the in city rival and he gets barrelled over and knocks the crap out of the person that barrelled him over? So Barretts a jerk, but AJ's not for slapping the plate like an idiot? I think it was great, Barretts the only one on this team that gives a crap. I've been in a few fights in my life so does that make me a jerk, Iq of about 50? What did you want him to do? If he just took it and didn't act like anything was the matter, people would be jumping on him cause he didnt' show any fire.. I don't get it.. 1. The rundown play. 2. The run-in with Oswalt. 3. The fight with AJP. 4. The incredibly dumb called pitches. 5. The impatience at the plate. 6. The quotes in the press. The guy is a dim-witted moron. So he hits 270 every year, big deal. He still sucks, and he is not a long-term solution, contract notwithstanding. Two things: - Don't forget the Dave Roberts "you're not allowed to steal on me" incident. - How is slapping the plate any different then standing and watching home runs leave the park or giving an emphatic bat flip, ala Jaque Jones and good 'ol Sammy? You can't have it both ways and you can't choose when to call a play dirty or non-dirty depending on your mood. That's what irks me guys. Barrett isn't the only player on this team that does stupid things, infact, pretty much all of them do.. Perez bunting with 2 on 2 out in the bottom of the ninth, murton trying to grab the ball out of the vines, cedeno throwing the ball away when he thought he called time out.. Jones getting picked off second more than once, pichers not covering first. And there are many more. This hole team is not very smart. You can't just single out Barrett for punching AJ and saying he's stupid. With Lee out, the IQ of the hole team is cut in half. The plate slapping was stupid, and so is Jaques little bat flip he does, and I could do/done with out Lee or Sosa's little homerun hops, just play the game, and play it like you've been there before.