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Posted by: min0 lee

This was great!

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CHICAGO -- A.J. Pierzynski barreled over Cubs catcher Michael Barrett, who punched the White Sox catcher and started a bench-clearing melee in the second inning that led to four ejections Saturday.

Pierzynski slapped the plate after the collision as the ball got away from Barrett. The Cubs catcher got up, grabbed Pierzynski and punched him. The White Sox's Scott Podsednik, who had been in the on-deck circle, wrestled Barrett to the ground.
White Sox center fielder Brian Anderson, who hit the bases loaded sacrifice fly to score Pierzynski, then got into a fight with Cubs first baseman John Mabry.
Pierzynski, Barrett, Anderson and Mabry were all ejected after a 15-minute delay.
As Pierzynski went back to the dugout, he raised his hands in the air while a soldout crowd at U.S. Cellular Field roared. He slapped hands with his teammates.
Minutes after the game resumed, the White Sox's Tadahito Iguchi hit a grand slam to give his team a 5-0 lead.

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Posted by: Pepper

I am not a huge fan of inter-league play, but these Chicago and New York games are fun to watch.

Posted by: Goodfella9783

I loved seein Pierzynski get snuffed. He's a loudmouth. Props to Barrett.

Posted by: shiznit2169

The only reason why Barret punched him was because he was a little dazed after getting knocked over and he assumed that Pierzynski came over to bump him .. (like rubbing it in his face after slamming home plate with his hand) .. when he was actually getting his helmet so he got pissed and punched him.

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by Pepper

I am not a huge fan of inter-league play, but these Chicago and New York games are fun to watch.

Hey min0, who do you root for when the Mets play the Yankees?

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Hey min0, who do you root for when the Mets play the Yankees?

I am a lifelong Met fan being that I grew up in Queens (Ironically home of the drag Queens)
But my father is a lifelong Yankee fan so I used read about all the Yankee tradition, it was like greek mythology to a baseball fan. I used envy them and my father knew that so he used to tease my lousy Mets.
The team was really bad in the late 70's but I loved that team.
1B. Ed Kranepool who played for them since they began.
2B. Felix Milan a short Puerto rican who choked up on the bat almost in the middle
SS. Buddy Harrelson. Good fielding shortstop who had the balls to stand up to Pete Rose.
3B. Wayne Garrett. One of the million players the Mets had at third...real red headed.
C. Jerry Grote. While he couldn't hit he was considered a great defensive catcher and a great game caller.

Now where the Mets were always good at was in the pitching department.
Tom Seaver to me is the best ever.
Jerry Kooseman was a real good underrated lefty.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Hey min0, who do you root for when the Mets play the Yankees?

Ohh.....back to the question, I rooted for individuals now.
I was disgusted at what the Met management did to the 86 team, they were not perfect nor where they angels but they played good. They made stupid lousy trades for a bunch of players I didn't like....Coleman, Saberhagen, Bonilla, Samuel...yuck.
Now the Yankees they had seemed like a good bunch, I was always a big Don mattenling fan so I used to watch them also. I know some people hate them (you know who they are) but they were different from the older Yankees....How can anyone hate Joe Torre, Jeter, Rivera, O'Neil, Stanley. Good solid players.

This Met team they have now looks good, I think Wright will be an All star for a long time.

The Yankees now have some players that.....well they have A-Rod, Sheffield, Johnson....players who well are different now.

Posted by: Dale Mabry

If Anderson hits my brother John again, we will have problems.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

If Anderson hits my brother John again, we will have problems.

I was think of you when I saw that.

Posted by: lnvanry

my 2 cents:

What a shot...square on the jaw

That was the highlight of our shitty season

Posted by: min0 lee

Posted by: min0 lee

Cubs-White Sox fracas: 350K
I can't get enough of this.

Posted by: busyLivin

I thought it was a cheap shot. AJ did exactly what he was supposed to do.

You see how he held his arms down before he punched him? Sore loser...

Posted by: busyLivin

I love AJ.. he's always fun to watch & you never know what he's going to do. He's involved in every controversial play

Posted by: Goodfella9783

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Originally Posted by busyLivin

I love AJ.. he's always fun to watch & you never know what he's going to do. He's involved in every controversial play

I haven't like him since the series he played against the Red Sox. He was always loud as hell and looked like he would be tryin to rub it in the Red Sox faces.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by busyLivin

I thought it was a cheap shot. AJ did exactly what he was supposed to do.

You see how he held his arms down before he punched him? Soar loser...

AJ did what a baserunner is taught to do......knock the ball loose from the catcher.
Barret should know that he's going to get knocked out. I think he later admitted he was wrong.

AJ is a character.

Posted by: shiznit2169

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

AJ did what a baserunner is taught to do......knock the ball loose from the catcher.
Barret should know that he's going to get knocked out. I think he later admitted he was wrong.

AJ is a character.

Except that he didn't even have the ball. It was like right behind AJ while he was charging the plate.

Posted by: min0 lee

I know he didn't know that, when your running full steam ahead it's hard to tell if he does have the ball.
He's crazy but he's not an asshole.

Posted by: busyLivin

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Originally Posted by shiznit2169

Except that he didn't even have the ball. It was like right behind AJ while he was charging the plate.

he was all over the plate!... should AJ have said "excuse me"?

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Catchers get knocked over without the ball all the time. If they are blocking the plate, as Barrett was, he's fair game. The punch was definitely uncalled for. Still funny as hell though!!

So when are suspensions going to be handed down?

I remember seeing Bo Jackson plow over a catcher once. That poor catcher should have just stepped aside and let Bo score.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

Catchers get knocked over without the ball all the time. If they are blocking the plate, as Barrett was, he's fair game. The punch was definitely uncalled for. Still funny as hell though!!

So when are suspensions going to be handed down?

I remember seeing Bo Jackson plow over a catcher once. That poor catcher should have just stepped aside and let Bo score.

I remember Pete Rose barreling over Ray Fosse from the Indians in a allstar game in the 70's.
He was one of the top catchers of his time and that's saying a lot when you consider he played at the same time Bench, Fisk and Munson played......needless to say his career was over with that collision.

Pete was a roid user, wasn't he? He was pretty stocky back then.

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