Distant Replay: A.J. Pierzynski vs. the Cubs

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

14 years ago today, Michael Barrett socked A.J. Pierzynski in the face, starting a benches clearing brawl between the White Sox and Cubs on the South Side. Six weeks later, Pierzynski got revenge against Barrett and the Cubs, hitting the game-winning home run in the 9th inning at Wrigley Field. On this edition of Distant Replay, Chuck Garfien, Ryan McGuffey, Vinnie Duber and Chris Kamka take a look back at the season when Pierzynski's legend crew on the South Side, and he became Public Enemy Number One on the North Side.(2:27) - Why the White Sox/Cubs series had more buzz back then(10:00) - Pierzynski slams into Barrett at home plate, chaos ensues(21:34) - What you probably forgot about this game (30:13) - White Sox and Cubs meet at Wrigley, and there's a surprise announcer in the booth(38:50) - A Cubs fan breaks a baseball rule, Kamka is still upset about it(44:00) - Pierzynski homers off Ryan Dempster, garbage is thrown on the field (52:00) Did this make Pierzynski a White Sox legend or was it the dropped third strike?

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0:00.0	Southside Legends are back on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:03.8	Every night at 7, relive wins from the 2005 season with White Sox Rewind.
0:09.9	Go to NBCSportchicago.com slash Sox Rewind for the complete schedule.
0:18.6	Kierzinski wanting to know, am I going?
0:20.7	He is going.
0:21.8	Here comes a throw by Merton.
0:23.6	It is a collision at the plate.
0:26.2	And Kyrzynski not only bangs into Barrett, bangs onto the plate, and here they go.
0:35.7	Happy anniversary to A.J. Prisinski and Michael Barrett.
0:40.3	For 14 years ago, today we're in the middle of the first ever brawl between the White Sox and the Cubs, as far as we know.
0:48.3	AJ slamming into Barrett at home plate.
0:51.3	Barrett, cold clocking AJ in the face, and our baseball city was up for grabs. Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Garfane, and on this edition of Distant Replay on the White Sox Talk podcast, brought you by WinTrust. It is A.J. Prasinski versus the Cubs. As we take a deep look back, not in one game, but two from 2006. Yeah, when AJ became a cult hero on the
1:14.4	south side and public enemy number one on the north side. It all started with the Barrett fight,
1:21.5	but later that year, AJ got revenge in a big, big way at Wrigley Field, the game-winning home run in the ninth.
1:30.2	So it's the fight.
1:31.6	It's to take that game-winning home run by Prasinski and all the craziness that happened in between.
1:38.4	It's A.J. Prisinski versus the Cubs on the White Sox Talk podcast.
1:43.3	Let's do it. White Sox. White Sox. Go, On the White Sox Talk podcast, let's do it.
1:44.3	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
1:48.3	The ball hit deep way back.
1:50.2	Deep time, fail.
1:52.1	Holy cow.
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