5/20/06: A.J. Pierzynski barrels into Michael Barrett to score on a sac fly, causing Barrett to react and both White Sox and Cubs benches to clear
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43 Comments
"This is a good clean play he has to go through the catcher." lmao funny how everyone nowadays suddenly knows how to slide around the catcher.
That was the only hit the cubs got that day 🤣
The pitcher is Rich Hill…this is 2006. Hill is still in the league.
This Is Baseball!
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2016 cubs sweep 05 sox in a world series
What a sissy punch 😂
Oh man I’d be embarrassed to be Barrett.
If the umpire didn’t grab Barrett he would’ve destroyed Podsednik
I always thought blocking the plate was a stupid play.
It usually ends up the catcher gets f-up and the runners safe. I think the risk reward isn't worth it.
And there not in the video game
The BLACKOUT LOVES AJ but I can't lie if he wasn't a Southsider I know I would've hated him Lol he was one of those players U love him on ya team But off it NO LOL
This comment section reads like a bot haven. Like those obviously fake reviews of products that haven't even released yet. Are all sox fans like this?
This is why the Cubs can get bent. Crowd home plate and cry when a freight train hits you…B..O..O….H..O..O!! 😢
Nice punch hehe
That was nasty what AJ did. I'd be infuriated if I was Barrett too
AJ rules.
Dusty was probably like: “you’re not gonna eject pierzynski too? Gettin beat in a fight is still gettin in a fight 😂
Universal DH year 20 (2042) MLB retains 0 pitchers still able to hit. Like spoiled fruit in the store way past their prime nothing can be done 🥲. New MLB (not unlike York we suppose) while seemingly cruel and unusual at the time will be necessary to save our nation's pastime we feel 👊🤣👊. Just pound it there (both of em' man). NO they're not standing over you laughing as they beat you half to death. On a bit of a side note here as well we've also looked for catcher/batter brawls on YouTube (pitchers are mainly just the messenger you know). Good luck to all and play ball 👍.
https://youtu.be/J1MugZqwOrI
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hassey#:~:text=Hassey%20is%20notable%20for%20being,with%20Dennis%20Mart%C3%ADnez%20in%201991).
Thanks Ron baseball misses you 2✌️🥲👍.
Did AJ do anything wrong? His path was blocked!
Back when boys could be boys
There was no reason, on that play, to punch Pierzysnski. It’s just what every person who’s ever been around him for more than five minutes has wanted to do. Barrett just decided then was as good a time as any.
I used to hate AJ so bad until he became a Brave. Now he’s one of my favorite announcers
Back when baseball fights were good!
Barrett deserved that collision.
Typical Cubs beating the Sox.
"There is some hookin' going on at the bottom of that pile at home plate" … 😅 That did not sound good, at all.
Barret never had a play on that ball. But I'd argue that baseball was designed with just the right amount of players to back up and or collect loose change. In the great game of baseball you WERE just one of two things safe or out. If I were Barrett I'd have met Mr. Pierzynski up the line a little more.
MLB increased the base size to 18 inches square from the previous size of 15 inches square this offseason, giving bases more coverage on the dirt. This change is being made as more of an installation of safety than to affect gameplay. Mar 30, 2023
SAFETY?🤣 I was fairly fast and caught out of position at 5'5" my whole life. The bases are closer together and bigger. There's just nothing safe about that. But I wish I could lie that well. That's a safe bet.
Murton makes the best throw of his career (110 mph rocket from left) hitting Barrett in the chest 2 steps before Pierzynski reaches home. Barrett holds on to the ball and the out is recorded. Who's wrong then? Posey? Yo momma? MLB? Or YOU?🫵
This wasn’t even a dirty play, the catcher was blocking the plate
I don't think Barrett liked that pierzynski slammed his hand
The follow up: Pierzynski was one of the finalists that year to get the last spot on the AL All-Star team. The White Sox started a "Punch A.J." promotional campaign to get him elected – and it worked!
Michael Barrett is a credit to humanity.
A.J. Punkzynski is a waste product.
I'd pay cash money just to see A.J. Pierzinski get punched in the face during a baseball game.
I never dis like AJ P.
Barrett got knocked up dude
Here after TA got slept by JRam
Back in the glory days when baseball was still a full contact sport
You bump into each other and fight crazy
I like old school baseball
And later they had a beer
Barrett found out Zambrano was doinking his wife.
It really looks like Pierzinski was just trying to go around the catcher…🤷🏼♂️