Michael Barrett

thumb|right|Barrett breaks his bat while swinging at a pitch during his brief stint with San Diego. Michael Barrett (born October 22, 1976) is a baseball player for the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball. Sourced Yeah, just recently Ted Lilly was pitching in the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and he slipped twice on two bunt plays. Anyways, Lou [Piniella] came out to check on him and asked him if he had his metal spikes on and he did. Lou then said well do you have any other cleats in the locker room and Ted said, "Skip, your zippers down." Lou was really embarrassed about that. He turns to do something about it, but then realized that he was on national TV and realized he couldn't do anything. That was a very awkward, but funny story. Barrett reflecting on the 2007 Chicago Cubs season Interview with Michael Barrett - May 07, 2007 It was an honor for me to put on a Chicago Cubs uniform, and I want to personally thank Jim Hendry, the Cubs organization and all the Cub fans for making the past four years so special," Barrett said in a statement. "At the same time, I'm very excited to go to San Diego and do everything that I can to help the Padres win the NL West. Barrett bids farewell to his Cubs' fans. The Message was originally posted on his homepage. Cubs deal Barrett to Padres June 20, 2007 External links Michael Barrett (baseball) Official home page MLB.com profile Category:Baseball players from the United States Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:People from Atlanta