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
good honor last pitch shape tremendous wrong
It's going to be a tremendous honor. He's in too good of shape for this to be his last start, but I could be wrong and he won't pitch another game. But it isn't because he can't pitch.
balance ball couple early guys keeping last late locate mixing starts today trying vintage
It was vintage Maddux. He's been able to locate the ball really well early in the count. He's getting the ball down and away. Late in the count, he's keeping guys off balance by mixing his pitches. You can't say much more than vintage Maddux. He did today what he's been doing the last couple starts -- not trying to do too much.
add couple everybody explain good guys help last saw starts stuff wants
Last year, we saw him have a couple starts like that, and I don't know how to explain it. I know he has good stuff and that he's a competitor, and he's one of those guys who, when he's pitching, everybody wants to help play and win. Sometimes things don't add up.
brings everybody feels last needed sort win work
When things like that happen, it sort of brings everybody down. If it doesn't work out for one teammate, everybody sort of feels the same way. ... We just didn't do what we needed to do to win last year.
believe definitely fallen good miracle realizing stay team
We're going to need a miracle now to stay in this thing. I believe in those, but it's definitely frustrating realizing how good of a team we have and how we've fallen short.
thinks whenever
Whenever we lose, he thinks he's going to have cardiac arrest.
dictate good hit pitches
Where I hit in the lineup shouldn't dictate my performance. It has no correlation. I just have to get good pitches to hit.
easy force hoping
We were hoping to force turnovers and get some easy baskets, which we did.
good guy hitter moved people position time tough
I still think people have a tough time visualizing me as a catcher. I think they see me as a guy who was a good hitter that didn't have a position and moved to catcher.
deal might table
We're all tradable, and if there is a deal on the table that might make us win, anything can happen.
currently effect indication
We're currently investigating but there is no indication to that effect (that it was an attack). This is an underground pipeline.
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afford prove slow work
We have a lot to prove early, and we have a lot of work to do early. To get to where we need to go, we can't afford a slow start.
thrive
We need them to produce. We don't need them to just survive, we need them to thrive to win.