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Michael Barrett was waiting for the ball when A.J. Pierzynski ran him over. Barrett's reaction? He got up and punched the White Sox catcher in the jaw, setting off a melee between Chicago's two baseball teams. "I don't know how to say it. I mean, when you hit another grown man, it's never right, you know," the Cubs' Barrett said Saturday after the White Sox won 7-0 behind two homers and six RBI from Tadahito Iguchi. Barrett said Pierzynski had every right to run into him, but added that the White Sox's catcher got up and nudged him after the collision, instead of heading toward his dugout. Pierzynski, who slapped the plate emphatically, said he was trying to pick up his helmet that had been knocked off when the two catchers collided. |