Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett
Catcher who played for four MLB teams from 1998 to 2009; won a Silver Slugger Award while playing with the Chicago Cubs in 2005.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth22 October 1976
CityAtlanta, GA
awkward ballpark looks
It looks like a whole new ballpark to me. It looks different, a little awkward right now.
cubs fans grown love quest surrounded team tip weary white win won
Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for all these years. Cubs fans love this team. ... Now with the White Sox having won the World Series, their quest for this team to win the championship is on the tip of their brain.
cubs fans grown surrounded weary
Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for years.
dispute either gets guy pitches talked throw
That is surprising. He's all about efficiency. But he's talked about how he's had to throw more pitches as he gets older, and that's part of it, too. Either way, the guy is 5-0, and you can't dispute that.
chance face good guy hit pitching trying
Here's this guy pitching so well, and he's already in mid-season form, and there's a good chance we're probably going to face him, so I'm trying to take some notes. It's going to take everything he has not to hit me.
lean
He's someone I lean on and go to when I need help,
players spending time
I think it?s going to be a lot more like home. I think players are going to end up spending a lot more time here.
reasonable tells
That tells you this is a good, reasonable bill.
found houses
There's 180 houses in our development, and it found ours.
awesome believe
I still can't believe it. What an awesome weekend. I don't know what's going on.
baseball believe change hard home increase
I don't think the baseball was ever changed. It's hard for me to believe they could change the baseball to increase home runs.
enjoyed game guy helped incredible playing regardless season year
Let's be truthful: The way the game has gone, it hasn't helped him. You can say what you want, but the guy has put up some incredible numbers, and he did a lot for this organization, and I enjoyed playing with him. That '98 season is a year that will never be forgotten, regardless of how you want to look at it.
abide
One would think they would abide by their own policy.
confused conviction faster figure giving good guys learn pitches process push versus
I really push having conviction in pitches that you throw, versus the selection. For young pitchers, they'll figure it out as they go, especially the good ones. Over years of learning, I can't keep giving them information. They have to learn to process it themselves. Some guys learn faster than others, and some guys don't learn at all. Things can get confused if I try to do too much.