Speaking of Pierzinski, did you read about his latest honor? Earlier this week, in a Sports Illustrated readers poll of 470 MLB players, he was named as “the player other players would like to see hit by a pitch.”
Ozzie Guillen explains that he’s the player you want to have on your team. He has a way of shaking things up and getting under the opponent’s skin. When he played for the Twins, the Sox players hated him. Now that he’s on our team, players and fans love him.
People are still talking about last weekend’s duel between Sox catcher A.J. Pierzinski and Cubs catcher Michael Barret. At a family funeral I attended earlier this week, do you think we were reminiscing about our deceased aunt? Yes, but only some of the time. The rest of the time, we couldn’t help but relive the now-famous “base-brawl.”
When Pierzinski was introduced as a pinch hitter during Monday night’s game against the Oakland As, the crowd stood and cheered. Pierzinski is the only player I know who has ever received a standing ovation for taking a sucker punch.
Whether you love him or hate him, you have to admit that he makes the game interesting
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