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A myriagon is a polygon with 10,000 sides. The Philadelphia Phillies are a baseball team with 10,000 losses.

In Zen Buddhism, the "10,000 Things" is a term meaning all of phenomenal reality. In Philadelphia, the 10,000 losses are all a phenomenal reality.

In Zoology, there are approximately 10,000 species of Birds. In Philadelphia, there are exactly 10,000 species of Phillies losses.

The U.S. Ten Thousand Dollar bill has a picture of Salmon P. Chase. To our knowledge he is not related to Chase C. Utley. Nor is he related to Pittsburgh Pirates' reliever Salomon Torres.


Salmon P. Chase's Barajas number is 5. In addition to being U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice of the United States, Chase lent his name to Chase Manhattan Bank. The JPMorgan Chase Open in Carson, California is a popular tournament on the WTA Tour. In 2004, the Spanish tandem of Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual were runners up in the doubles tournament to Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughn*ssy. Martínez and Pascual's trip to the tournament in Carson, California, originated in Madrid, Spain, with a flight out of Madrid Barajas International Airport. Madrid Barajas International Airport is directly connected to Rod Barajas through the International Brotherhood of Barajas.

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Rod Barajas has been awarded the same number of Gold Gloves as Hall of Fame catchers Mickey Cochrane, Gabby Hartnett and Roy Campanella combined!













We will be the first to alert you know when Barajas pulls even with the legendary Kurt Manwaring.

23 Things You Shouldn't Know About Barajas

1. He wore custom-made B.A. Barajas pajamas until the age of nineteen.
2. When they became too worn he converted the threadbare pajamas into a pillowcase that accompanies him an all road trips to this day.
3. While at Cerritos Junior College he briefly studied metallurgy.
4. He halted his study of metallurgy soon after learning he was allergic to ferrous metals.
5. He will whoop your ass in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
6. Also Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?.
7. And Yahtzee.
8. He auditioned for the role of A.C. Slater on NBC's hit series Saved by the Bell.
9. In the future he plans to audition for the role of Mario Lopez in the CBS hit mini-series, Mario Lopez: The Mario Lopez Story.
10. His favorite candy bar is Hershey's Skor.
11. He is the only known human whose favorite candy bar is Hershey's Skor.
12. "barajar" means "to shuffle" in Spanish.
13. When protecting home plate, he often employs the impenetrable Barajas Shuffle.
14. He once defeated Bob Hamlin in a David Eckstein eating contest, consuming an impressive half an Eckstein.
15. That's why David Eckstein is so small.
16. He is named after Rod Laver.
17. Not the tennis player, the tennis sneaker.
18. His "Five" consists of the Pope, the Phillie Phanatic, Sal Fasano, Hugo Chavez and Charles Barkley.
19. Early in his minor league career he became enchanted with a young poetess and nearly gave up the game of baseball for a bohemian lifestyle.
20. Sadly the poetess adorned herself in metal necklaces and bracelets, some of which contained small amounts of ferrous metals.
21. He eats huevos con scrapple before every game.
22. Sometimes he leaves the huevos and just eats the scrapple.
23. Other times he leaves the scrapple and just eats the huevos.

With the expection of numbers 8, 14 and 15 all of the above are 100% false. Or are they?

23 Things You Should Know About Barajas

1. He was born on September 5, 1975, in Ontario, California. He shares a birthday with major leaguer Randy Choate and actress Rose McGowan.
2. His full name is Rodrigo Richard Barajas
3. Stands 6'2" and weighs 230 pounds
4. Wears jersey number 2
5. Is married, wife's name is Stacie (phillies.com)
6. Has one daughter, Aunalilia, and four sons, Andrew, Bryce, Rod Jr. and Jace (phillies.com)
7. Earned first team all-conference honors at Santa Fe Springs High School and repeated the honor at Cerritos Junior College, where he was also team MVP
8. He is owned in .1 percent of ESPN's fantasy baseball leagues
9. He will make $2.5 million this year, down from the $3.2 million he made last season
10. Has career earnings of $8.773,000
11. He is not Canadian, as we have joked
12. He made his major league debut on September 25, 1999. He recorded his first hit two days later in a 10-3 home win over the Colorado Rockies.
13. His "most similar batters" are Chris Widger and Jason LaRue (baseball-reference.com)
14. His career postseason batting average is .333, and his playoff slugging percentage is 1.000
15. Hit a career-high 21 home runs for the Texas Rangers in 2005
16. Has appeared at only catcher and first base throughout his career
17. Reneged on a deal with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays in November after switching agents. He now splits time in Philadelphia with Carlos Ruiz.
18. His next walk will be his 100th career free pass. Twelve have been intentional.
19. Has never competed in the Masters golf tournament, been nominated for an Oscar, or run for elected office
20. Had a perfect stolen base percentage in 2002
21. Has one career stolen base
22. Has two career grand slams; most recent was last May 26th against the Oakland A's
23. Is not related to Barry Bonds

Did You Know

Rod Barajas sports a higher on base percentage in 2007 than super slugger Sammy Sosa!

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Rod Barajas has a higher career fielding percentage at first base than 10-time Gold Glove winner Keith Hernandez!

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Rod Barajas has more career stolen bases than Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm!

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Rod Barajas is currently tied for the all-time lead in home runs during the month of November!

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