Ya do you want Wolf? We’ll give you to him for a couple of maple baseball bats.

Michael Barrett is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. I have never met a Big Leaguer who writes thank-you notes (while he was on the road!) until I met Barrett. He’s a competitor and does a lot of good things (under the radar) in the communities in which he’s played. My guess is that Matt P has never played the game at a serious level, and chooses to believe stuff without doing his homework. Snide comments about an injured player are not funny.

Which is more important?? How you “appear on the field” or how you are in real life?? I would say that getting to know a person away from the field, or interacting with them away from the cameras, reporters, etc, might carry a bit more weight. I mean, I met Lou Holtz MANY years ago at a Pro-Am golf tourney and he did not have to stop and take time to take a picture with me, after signing my book…but he did. And it was not just me standing in front of him, it was him telling me to come over and stand with him, putting his arm around my shoulder and generally being a nice guy. So no matter what he says or looks like on ESPN or whatever, I will always remember the fact that he took time out of his day to pose for a personal picture with a 14 year old boy, and actually talked to me. So, yeah, Barrett may seem like an arse on the field, but that does not mean anything as far who he really is.