Last night at The Bank, former Phillies disappointment Rod Barajas may have done something that no other major league baseball player has ever done in the history of baseball. I’m not talking about how he trotted down to first base after ball 3 during his second at-bat — I’m sure some loser has done that before. No, I was actually referring to the fact that Rod stepped into the batter’s box three times in a row with more than one runner on base and hit a pop-up in the infield; which caused the umpire to call the batter out on good ol’ rule number 6.05e (coupled with the definition in rule section 2.00) in the Official MLB Rule Book.
Otherwise known as the dreaded infield fly rule.
I would think the odds are stacked against you to even be in a position to have the infield fly rule called on you three straight AB’s. Think about it — there has to be at least two runners on base with less than two outs three times in a row, and even then you would have to get underneath the ball with absolutely zero power so it was caught by an infielder with “ordinary effort”. Nearly impossible, right?
After the jump, check out the situations Rod Barajas was in each of these three at-bats…
Sixth inning: Rod steps to the plate with nobody out and the bases loaded. On a 1-1 pitch from Cole Hamels, he pops up to shortstop Jimmy Rollins.
“Infield fly, batter’s out!”
Eighth inning: Rod comes up with Alex Rios at second base and Kevin Millar at first. A 2-1 pitch from J.C. Romero causes him to fly out to shallow second.
“Infield fly, batter’s out!”
Ninth inning: Ryan Madson gets Rod to once again pop out to Rollins at short with the bases loaded and 1 down.
“Infield fly, batter’s out!”
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June 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
And what the hell is that sitting on the right side of the 2nd row?
June 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
weird Al ?
June 18th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Fuck Barajas. He sucked balls when we had him, and I’m a hundred percent happier with Chooch, and the 33-Year-Old Rookie.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am
why is it that when I click the Incredible Feats of Sucking tag there isnt every single post related to the Mets?
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June 18th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Todd Helton left 12 on base in 5 at bats 4-11-98, and Glenn Beckert of the Cubs left 12 on in 6 ABs 9-16-72, but 8 left on 3 NON-STRIKEOUT ABs? That is sad.
June 18th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
that chic is aways there in the 2nd row with that thick mop of hair and open gob……hot !
June 18th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
The thing with the hair was head banging whenever he didn’t agree with the call. I found it to be a rather interesting way to tell the ump that he sucked.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I wonder if Jimmy’s jealous.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
yeah barajas does suck but i would much rather have him over coste
June 18th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Looks like ole Rod got the last laugh
June 18th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Rod straight killin the Phillies this series.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
burnsy, rod didnt laugh, he was gasping for air