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I'm going to have to agree with Guillen on this one because he hit it right on the head. Until Rich Hill does ANYTHING in the majors, he's not the right person to talk. Obviously Guillen didn't say it in the nicest of ways, but that isn't the point. Rich Hill is still a rookie. If he was a veteran, then I wouldn't have a problem with it. But the guy hasn't even won a game at the major league level yet. I like the enthusiasm out of Hill and I hope he does well in the majors - hopefully for the Cubs - but that doesn't change the fact that he should have kept his mouth shut.

I saw it on WGN and AJP was going after his helmet. His helmet clearly went behind Barrett. I'm talking about after Barrett decked Pierzynski. After that, both the ump and Podsednik got in the way of Barrett.

You seem to have missed the point. What happens if that ball gets cut off and Pierzynski still runs over Barrett? I don't see how it's much different because in both situations, Barrett doesn't have the ball. Yes, Barrett overreacted after he got steamrolled. But Pierzynski has to be held accountable for instigating everything. What if it does get cut off? Players are taught to blast a catcher who is blocking the plate, in an attempt to jar the ball loose. I don't think anyone is teaching the "just slide because the ball might have been cut off" technique. AJ's an ass, but he did what any other ballplayer would have done, including Barrett. Mike's just frustrated as hell right now, and I don't blame him. I appreciate that he still cares in the face of this travesty. If it does get cut off I'm sure many people on this board would be singing a completely different tune right about now even if Barrett decks Pierzynski. People would be talking about how classless it was for Pierzynski to run over Barrett when the ball wasn't even coming to the plate. I highly doubt that "any other player" would have bowled over the catcher. Are you telling me that Juan Pierre would try and run over a catcher in his way? Absolutely not. And please spare me the "Juan Pierre never get's on base and the Cubs couldn't drive him in anyway" spiel because I've heard it already (not directed at you Soul but the board in general).

You seem to have missed the point. What happens if that ball gets cut off and Pierzynski still runs over Barrett? I don't see how it's much different because in both situations, Barrett doesn't have the ball. Yes, Barrett overreacted after he got steamrolled. But Pierzynski has to be held accountable for instigating everything.

My parents went to Vegas a few weeks ago, before the DLee injury, and my mom did put money on the Cubs to win the series. She did make other bets, but this was one of them.

I posted this in the "Barrett" thread but I figure it should have it's own thread. Why couldn't Pierzynski have slid? There was no reason to bowl over Barrett. I don't care about where the ball was and whether or not Pierzynski knew where it was. He had no intentions of sliding whether the ball was there or not. What happens if the throw gets cut off? Then Pierzynski runs Barrett over for absolutely no reason at all. Pierzynski should have slid just like Jeremy Giambi should have slid in the postseason a few years ago for the A's against the Yankees. I don't think Barrett reacted in the right way, but Pierzynski is at least half to blame for this incident.

Why couldn't Pierzynski have slid? There was no reason to bowl over Barrett. I don't care about where the ball was and whether or not Pierzynski knew where it was. He had no intentions of sliding whether the ball was there or not. What happens if the throw gets cut off? Then Pierzynski runs Barrett over for absolutely no reason at all. Pierzynski should have slid just like Jeremy Giambi should have slid in the postseason a few years ago for the A's against the Yankees. I don't think Barrett reacted in the right way, but Pierzynski is at least half to blame for this incident. I started up a new thread for this discussion here: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=31958

I just saw the replays on Baseball Tonight. It seemed like Pierzynski wasn't going to get anything else. Not only did the umpire hold Barrett back but Podsednik got in his way as well. If anyone was saved from a beatdown, it was Podsednik.

I know it's not saying much, Brenly couldn't do any worse than Dusty. As for Stone, Billy Beane gives other GM's the impression he's ripping them off and yet GM's still trade with him. I'm not saying he would be a good GM, but that reason isn't correct.

It's Derrek. I'm not being mean. I've seen you type it this way a few times and just figured I would correct you. I do agree with everything you and Derwood said though.

Thank god it will be overshadowed by the brawl so Sportscenter can't gush over it for an entire hour. What? You know ESPN better than that? Bonds doing anything > the rest of MLB combined is their philosophy. I was being sarcastic. Now we'll get to hear Tim Kurkjian and Pedro Gomez gush over Bonds for an hour. Wonderful.

I couldn't agree with you more.

I've been doing that for a while now. I'm dissapointed we won the Nationals series. There was a hope if we got swept by them and the Sox, some change might be made. I've given up hope on change being made during the season. I just don't think Hendry has the balls to fire Dusty. I think if anything that Dusty will not be resigned but unfortunately, I don't see him getting fired.

Barrett's being suspended isn't going to hurt the team much at all. The last time I checked, the Cubs have lost 17 out of 21 games. If you take Barrett off the team for that stretch, the most it would cost the team is 4 games, which isn't very much. I don't necessarily agree with what he did, I'm just saying that losing him isn't going to matter very much.

If catchers get run over all the time, how come the highlights aren't shown on SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight? Everybody knows that SC and BT would show the big hits, but I rarely see them. So where are all of these mysterious collisions you speak of?

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. Just curious. What were you saying when Barrett hit the grand slam to beat the Cardinals? Because I don't remember anyone saying anything that could be considered negative after he hit that bomb.

Thank you.

Do I really have to pick one?

I can't see either of those pictures. I got a "Image hosted by Angelfire" and the wonderful red x.

If he is interested, then if I were making decisions, I would do anything necessary to keep him around or at least not tick him off. Although with the way the Cubs are going, they'll screw this up and he'll go to some other team.

Has he said anything either way on whether he has interest in becoming a pitching coach when he retires from the game?

What is a Punch and Judy player? I have an idea, but I'm not completely sure.

If we play .500 ball the rest of the way I'll be surprised.

I had a manager like this when I was working part time in college. He posted some stupid new policy, I don't recall what it was, in the employee lounge. I took it down, corrected all of his mistakes with a red pen and gave it a grade like a teacher would with an elementary school student, and put it back up. Needless to say, I gave him an F. Someone ratted me out, I got called into my managers office and was written up. I thought real hard about pulling the red pen out again while I was getting written up, but I couldn't afford to go a week without work at the time while I looked for another job. I was the hero of the store to the other employees for the next month. The "liminade" part I corrected. I think I'm going to edit the email the next time I work. It's right by the weekly schedule so everytime I check when I work I have to see this email and it really bugs me. I work tomorrow night so I'll do it then. I'll definately take your advice on giving it a grade also. Just to give you an update, I corrected and graded the email and I gave him an F-. I did it while I was on my break and posted it back up on the board. I can't wait for the head manager to come in on Monday and read it.

Anytime there is an injury to a key player, management will continue to use it as an excuse. They are completely unable to place blame on anybody. It's either injuries, or bad luck, or a good idea that wasn't executed correctly. Nobody accepts blame for this and it's infuriating. It's like they just pretend nothing bad happened and just went about their business.