A member of the 2005 White Sox World Series championship team, two-time All-Star and career .280 hitter, Pierzynski perhaps is as remembered by Chicago fans for getting punched by Cubs catcher Michael Barrett after running into him at home in 2006 as for his savvy in reaching first with two out in the bottom of the ninth on a dropped third strike against the Angels in a tied Game 2 of the 2005 American League Championship Series.