[新聞] Fight Story: Michael Barrett
這篇是目前看到寫得最多的，看完後，XD，連撿個頭盔都會出事......。
出處：http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/
cs-060520cubsside,1,4281967.story?coll=cs-whitesox-headlines
Cubs catcher 'irritated' when Pierzynski walked toward him
MICHAEL BARRETT
By Paul Sullivan
Tribune staff reporter
Well before A.J. Pierzynski plowed into Michael Barrett on Saturday
and ignited the city series' first brawl, White Sox manager Ozzie
Guillen was scooping up dirt outside his dugout and throwing it at
Henry Blanco as he warmed up Rich Hill during the first inning.
"Go ahead," Guillen said with a laugh afterward. "Blame me."
Guillen and Blanco are good friends, and Guillen only was repeating
last year's scene at Wrigley Field, when he also threw dirt at Blanco
from the dugout.
The real short fuse to the fight was Pierzynski's decision to grab his
helmet after slamming home plate with his right hand following the
collision, which Barrett interpreted as Pierzynski going toward him.
[會打架的原因在這裡，跟衝撞、架拐子沒什麼關係。基本上，是AJ要去撿頭盔，
Barrett解讀成他在挑釁。]
Barrett conceded Pierzynski had "every right" to slam into him and that
he made a "great play." But he said he was "irritated" when the Sox
catcher walked toward him after the play.
[那個衝撞真的沒什麼，等看過捕手被撞完後得進DL時（比如之前Johnny Estrada
被天使撞、還有Twins不曉得誰撞天使的捕手，摸老大？），就更能能體會了。]
"I was really trying to protect the plate, and as soon as I got knocked
down, I fell back, a little startled at first. … I didn't really see
him hit the plate," Barrett said. "All I know is that when I got up and
sort of gained some sort of consciousness, he's walking toward me and
sort of bumps into me.
"At that point, I just reacted, and I reacted in a [bad] way. I wish I
would have pushed him away from me but, unfortunately, what's done is
done."
Barrett also acknowledged Pierzynski "barely nudged" him.
[所以，請MLB版的一堆人不要再說AJ架拐子還是沒品之類的話了，很多時候影片是
會誤導的。]
Pierzynski's reputation as a hothead may have played a part in Barrett's
decision to punch him.
"It was an emotional day today, and A.J. is an emotional player,"Barrett
said. "I felt like, especially after watching the replay, that after
touching home plate he very easily could have gone back to his dugout.
He didn't have to cross over and come toward our dugout. … I was
clearly 2 to 3 feet on the other side of home plate."
Manager Dusty Baker called it a "clean play" from his vantage point, and
had to ask Barrett what happened afterward. Barrett told Baker that
Pierzynski was coming toward him.
"I can't say he was in the wrong," Baker replied. "If somebody was
coming toward me on a bang-bang play like that, there's a possibility
there could be aggression."
"I don't know if A.J. saw it the same way or not. There's two sides to
the story. It just depends on which side of the story the league office
goes with."
The umpires were not available for comment.
Asked if he regretted the incident, Barrett said: "Obviously, there are
kids watching, and you don't like for those sort of things to happen. I
expect to be disciplined. That's part of the price."
Barrett reiterated there was "no correlation" between his punch and the
recent play of the Cubs, who have lost 15 of their last 18 games. He
also shrugged off the implication he was a hothead himself, as evidenced
by incidents with Houston pitcher Roy Oswalt in 2004 and San Diego
outfielder Dave Roberts two weeks ago.
"I'm a grown man, and I take care of things the way I feel like they
need to be taken care of," he said. "They're not always the best
decisions when you hit another grown man, it's never right."
psullivan@tribune.com
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