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

Video of Joe Pesci With His Head On Fire

Two-headed monster

Barajas and Lieber go the distance, fanning 11 in three-hit shutout.


Today Charlie Manuel made the grave error of sitting Barajas during this torrid stretch of his (two RBI in two games) and saw his team fall by a score of 17-5. You do not rest Barajas when he catches fire. If he's rolling you ride him for all 162. Trust in Barajas and he will reward you. Baseball 101.

Also, Joe Table is back with the Phillies! "It feels great [to finally be able to bring my Barajas number down to 1. I had considered retirement after being released by Detroit, but the thought of hanging 'em up with a Barajas number of 2 was, well, incommodious, to say the least]," Mesa said.