I'm appalled by watching him play the game. That's funny. The last three years, he's been one of the very few reasons to watch the Cubs, and two bad months into the next season, everybody says they can't stand him. Barrett haters remind me way too much of Yankee fans... that whole "what have you done for me lately?" crap. It's disgusting... and it's certainly not befitting of a Cubs fan. Yeah, I wonder what Maddux would have to say about the one reason to watch the cubs? Since he did everything he could for three years to not pitch to the guy. Maddux's ERA with the Cubs those three seasons: 4.02, 4.24, 4.69. Barrett did a lot more to help the Cubs win in those seasons than Maddux did.