Bye Bye Barrett

Embattled Cubs catcher, Michael Barrett was shipped out to the Padres today for Rob Bowen and an outfield prospect. Apparently Mike wasn't in very high demand, seeing as the Cubs also had to pay the Mighty Monks to take him. Barrett was constantly bickering with his own pitchers and getting into wimpy fist fights in a desperate attempt to compensate for the fact that he's not as cool as AJ Pierzynski. Chicago management was also probably afraid of future therapy costs to deal with Barrett's battered wife syndrome. Unfortunately, this means that from now on, the Large Mammal will have to fly all the way to San Diego to get his wallop on.