TWIB: The Chi of J.T.

Ever noticed that José Mesa (aka Joe Table, aka J.T.) looks a lot like Chi McBride? Yeah, neither did we until we sat down to write This Week In Barajas. In case you were living under a table, Mesa brought his Barajas number down to 1 immediately following a dominant performance by your boy, who called nine innings of shutout, 11-K ball against the Royals. If Lieber can follow simple directions and be a star, thought J.T. so can I. Boston Public? The table will school your ass.

Other Barajas numbers unearthed:
1 - Chad Johnson
1 - Curtis Montague Schilling
2 - Justin Verlander
2.5 - Your mom
3 - Michael Cera
3 - Nick Markakakakakakis
3 - Tony Sop—
4 - Jason Bourne

Haiku of the Week:
Dear Jose Reyes,
Don't even think about it.
— R.R. Barajas

Word of the Week
"incommodious"

Things we learned
• Elephant herpes is real
• Barajas eats huevos con scrapple before every game.
• Sometimes he leaves the huevos and just eats the scrapple.
• Other times he leaves the scrapple and just eats the huevos.
• 20 other things

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