Did You Know

Rod Barajas has more career World Series home runs than baseball legends Ted Williams, Ernie Banks and Willie Mays combined!

T.W.I.B. Notes (This Week In Barajas)

Barajas made some headlines this week when, against the Florida Marlins, he let Hanley Ramirez slide underneath him during a four-run ninth inning, pushing the game to extra innings when it otherwise would have been over. R.B.: "It was a mess." Your boy took a lot of heat for the play, but the Phillies won, and the haters forgot the first rule of Barajas: Don't Hassle The 'Jas. Why not? Here's why not: the following night, Barajas went 2-for-3 with a two-bagger in the Phils' loss to the Fish. Wild out. He followed that up with a perfect 0-for-4 performance against the Braves, and made a quiet out as a pinch hitter Monday against the Snakes. Fun fact: Barajas and his .351 OBP caught snakes with his bare hands growing up in Ontario. Asps. For real.

Looks Like A-Rod Is In Some Trouble

Rod Barajas is a smart man; he waited until 2004 to join the Texas Rangers, the same year the Human Train Wreck known as Alex Rodriguez brought his dog-and-pony show to Central Park. Well, A-Rod is in some shit now: he's been caught going to a strip club with a "mystery blonde" up on R.B.'s native soil (That's right, Barajas rocks the Maple Leaf. What). That a professional baseball player has a "lady on the side" isn't all that surprising, nor is the fact that he goes to strip clubs, but when you've become the Symbol Of All That Is Wrong With The Yankees, as A-Rod has, there's some hell to pay. His wife was seen leaving their shared apartment with suitcases packed, lookin' for a better man. She might try looking behind the plate.

A-Rod's Barajas number is 2. He was traded for Alfonso Soriano, who played with Rod Barajas on the 2004 Texas Rangers.