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
attack buddy cubs fans feels grown love quest surrounded time tip weary white win won
Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs. I know from my buddy back home. He's 42 and he's been a Cubs fan all his life. He feels like he's going to have a coronary attack every time we lose. Cubs fans love this team. They're not front-runners. And now that the White Sox have won the World Series, the quest to win a championship is on the tip of (Cubs fans') brains.
cubs fans grown surrounded weary
Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for years.
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.
awful checking classes hours literally minutes online power sitting three
When the e-mail was down after that power outage, it was awful because I had three classes for which I had to do online assignments. I was literally sitting there for hours waiting, checking every 15 minutes to see if it was working.
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.
effort second testament
To end up here is a testament to the girls. Their effort is second to none.
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.
composure cool guy mellow stellar
He's just got stellar composure and he's a cool, cool guy all around. On and off the field, he's just a mellow guy.
carried conviction cool cucumber encourage learn mound pitches shake style talk
I encourage him to shake me off. That's how I'll learn his game, learn his style. I tell him it's more about the conviction of his pitches than the selection. If I have an issue, I'll go out and talk to him. We've had some discussions on the mound and he's been as cool as a cucumber out there. I can't say enough about his composure. I think that's carried him to this point.
ball easy winter work
He'll work out every day this offseason and if he goes, I think winter ball will be easy to do,
balls breaking early few good guys kept uses using
He may be one of those guys who we have to see a few times before we get used to him. A lot of guys, you don't see them using their breaking balls this early and he uses more breaking balls than anything else, and they're good breaking balls. It kept us off balance.
plans situation
There are no plans to do any of this, but we're monitoring the situation closely.
bill dealt ideology
I did not want a bill that dealt with ideology in any way.
believe coming guys maintain position pressure pushing
I believe that when the guys come back, they will come back to maintain our position and not have the pressure of pushing for your position. That's a lot of pressure for guys coming off (injuries).