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
change focus heart hoping sees uniforms usa
I'm hoping for us, once we don the USA uniforms and everyone sees us on the big screens, they'll have a change of heart and focus on us.
focused fun great happened means moving team
The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.
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.