Padres’ Michael Barrett fouls a ball off his face

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Oh the humanity! Michael Barrett fouls ball directly into face
Published 7/3/2008 by 'Duk at Big League Stew
... Zambrano who was the one doing plenty of damage to Michael Barrett's face, most likely for signaling for the wrong pitches or pointing toward the Wrigley scoreboard. On Wednesday night, it was the actual baseballs doing the mug-messing, though it's unclear exactly what Barrett did to our little seamy friends.  Perhaps he rubbed them the wrong way? (Yeah, it was there ... Had to take it.) Anyway, head on over to The Fightins, where Meech has some of the most gruesome video goodness (MLB.com also has it) that you'll ...

Michael Barrett Fouls 95 MPH Fastball Back Into His Face
Published 7/3/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Thanks to The Fightin's we've got video of Barrett gruesome foul ball off an Ubaldo Jiminez pitch that somehow manage to redirect right up into his grill. It takes a unique talent, the same talent that is batting .202, to pull off this feat. ...

Baseballs Win Yet Another Battle in Their Never-Ending War Against Faces
Published 7/3/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... oopsy-daisy last night: If you stuck around until the end there, you heard the play-by-play guy say, This is a tough guy Michael Barrett and I ll tell ya what, it would not shock me if he stayed in the game. Well, that announcer was totally right! Barrett did stay in the game cause he s the most badass player evar! Just kidding. Contrary to what that announcer seems to think, Barrett's face is not made of titanium alloy. He left the game with a broken nose. (Video via The Fightins )

BARRETT SMASHES ANOTHER FACE—HIS OWN
Published 7/3/2008 by The Zoner at Zoner Sports
... Barrett has a rough ride since leaving the Cubs. This year he has played in only 30 games and is hitting just .202/.274/.298. Now this. Tip of the hat to The Fightins for this vid.

BASEBALL IS BAD FOR YOUR FACE
Published 7/3/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip for your impressionable young children
... face last night, then spent a couple days writhing on the ground in pain as if a baseball traveling at 90 miles an hour hurts or something.  I don't want to brag, but this is basically the whole reason I invented the OUCH MY FACE tag.  What a great day for that tag.  I feel the same sort of pride I hope to have when my eldest child graduates from college.  Because seriously, do you realize how much hot young early-20s ass is gonna be there? [The Fightins'] 

I don’t think Michael Barrett likes balls on his face
Published 7/3/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
So during last nights Padres/Rockies game, Padres catcher Michael Barrett swung at a pitch and he didn’t quite get all of it. In fact he got just enough of it to make the ball ricochet off his bat and hit him right in the shnoz. That sucks but I’ll take that any day over this or this. Thanks to the Fight ins for this one. Tags: michael barrett, padres, rockies

Blog Jam: Anti-Adidas Pose In USA B-Ball Photo?
Published 7/3/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• Darren Rovell of CNBC sees a pro-Nike, anti-Adidas conspiracy afoot in this photo of the U.S. Olympic basketball team . USA Basketball team pro-Nike photo • Ouch! THE FIGHTINS pitches up video of the Padres’ Michael Barrett taking a foul ball to the face . At least his left testicle wasn’t fractured . • WITH LEATHER (via MACHOCHIP ) thinks ESPN is a whiz for coming up with a urinal that features a soccer ball & goal . • PROJO SOX BLOG is bowled over by the latest giveaway from the Brockton Rox - a Yankee Stadium bobble wrecking ...

Video Picks: Unfortunate Baseball Injury, Joe Buck, Canadian Soccer Fans
Published 7/4/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... Arizona Diamondback catcher Chris Snyder’s fractured testicle (!) on Wednesday, and today, we have Michael Barrett of the Padres fouling a ball off his face (thanks to The Fightins’ for the video): ...