There were a few great years in the mid-2000s when both the Twins and Sox were good to mediocre every year, and hated each others guts. Brawled all the time. AJ was a big part of that, and I loved/hated him for it.

i’m willing to be corrected so help me out here. why does deadspin not like AJ? isn’t he the antithesis of all of the things we hate about baseball? he is brash and outspoken in a league full of people who “play the game the right way”. just look at the play that preceded the punch! he bowled into the catcher and then…

I was at the game too. Best atmosphere of any game I’ve ever been to. I was in the upper deck and after the fight on the field another 2 fights broke out just in my section alone... it was a free for all. I’ll never forget Iguchi hitting that Grand Slam and all the Cubs fans looking like they wanted to jump off the…

Best thing about this video is little old Scott Podsednik taking down Barrett after the punch.

White Sox fan here. I was at that game and the Cubs fans were going absolutely crazy after AJ got clocked. They weren’t so loud later that inning when Iguchi hit a grand slam and they were blown out. To this day, AJ will go down as one of my top 5 favorite sox players.