我一直覺得 Michael Barrett 是一個很聰明的強打型捕手... 今天在 Cubs 官網的討論區, 看到一篇球迷的贊賞文... 貼來給大家看看, 就算表揚他今天打出第一支安打,讓cubs不至於被無安打完封... My favorite Cub is Michael Barrett. It's almost as if I am proud of him. When the Cubs signed him, I had great feelings about it. I knew what potential he portrayed, and what he brought to the field with him every single day. I was confident he would perform well, and every day he is making me more "proud" he's a Cub by exceeding my optimistic expectations. This kid just outright plays baseball. He's hitting all over the order, and does anything the role requires of him to do. And just to put things in perspective, Barrett is even consistently hitting better than his .297 "average" justifies. He showed his first signs of struggle in June, and since has seemed to get a handle of himself again - his average dismissing June would be .325. But the best part of this kid is not the big numbers he inevitably puts up - but it's what he does TO WIN. He's not parading his homerun power, or "looking for a pitch to crush" - he can play the moneyball, and he plays the small ball. He sacrafices himself for the entirety of the ball game, no matter what the ball game calls for. With runners on, he's hitting .336; with runners in scoring positions he's hitting .359 (34 RBIs in 78 at-bats). No one on this team hits that man at third home, and it's killing this team. Michael can - he is hitting .462 with a man on third. Oh - and he strikes out less than any one else on the team! Everything this team needs is in Michael Barrett... maybe everyone else needs to watch some tape of their own catcher. He's the only one on the team consistently exhibiting heart, and a desire to play. I've never seen him take a selfish at-bat, the biggest mistakes I've seen him make are those of modesty, such as showing bunt with a runner at first and no-outs. He doesn't make excuses, whine, or point fingers. Every day he's learning, every day he's working harder than any other player - and every day he is becoming better. He is the battery of the toughest team in baseball to catch, and doing a #### fine job. He listens to his pitchers and coaches and learning how to call a game with an ace on the mound, and he's doing nothing but dramatically improving defensively. It's extremely asinine that people are still considering this a "bad move" by Hendry because he "took too big of a risk". Finding and molding players like Barrett is exactly what the best GMs should do. I'm tired of hearing "SEE? WE HAVE NO OFFENSE, WE SHOULD HAVE GOT PUDGE!". ... What we should have done is got 8 Michael Barretts. --

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