Barrett Takes Blows

You walking with ya head down scared to look
You shook, cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks…

Besides the hurricane force wins blowing everything from the proverbial hot dog wrappers, Dinger’s head, and Alex Cole’s glasses around at Coors Field last night, the high(or low) light was Padres' catcher Michael Barrett hitting a foul ball directly off his face. Blood flowed from his face like he was Gerry Cooney in the late rounds, and he was taken to the local hospital with a fractured nose. No word if he will have to wear one of those Rip Hamiliton masks under his catcher's gear.

Barrett hasn’t fared particularly well in Denver, as it was his dropping of the ball in last year’s play-in game that lead to umpire Tim McClelland to call Matt Holliday safe. Of course, poor Mikey has also suffered from cold cocking AJ Pierzynski, fighting teammate Carlos Zambrano and getting his ass beat, and really suffering when he endured an intrascrotal hematoma in 06. Intrascrotal hematoma, perhaps one of the worst phrases in the English language.

This weekend, while enjoying your cold beverage, celebrating your freedoms, pour a little out, or raise it in the air, or drink it out of a straw for Michael Barrett.

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