Yep, you guessed it. That is Raul Ibañez of the Philadelphia Phillies. So disgraced from being benched in the NLCS due to his poor performance at the plate(.211 with 0 RBI), he figured he had no more pride left to lose. So recently, he was inexplicably photographed waiting in line to get into a Justin Bieber concert. He may be lacking self worth and just not care anymore about his self esteem. You would have to have very low pride in yourself to allow yourself to attend a Bieber show on purpose.
Over the first two years of his 3 year/$31.5 million contract with the Phillies, Ibañez has not played badly at all in the regular season. Combined, he has hit .273/50/176. Those are great numbers for a guy who was a real journeyman before this. I mean, Ibañez didn't even reach 500 plate appearances until he was 31 years old. It's the post season where he has really let the Phillies down. In 32 games over two post seasons with the Phillies, he has hit a meager .221 with just 2 home runs, and has only driven in 13 while striking out 27 times to 8 walks. That will keep you up at night. This is what lead to his benching in this year's NLCS.
Maybe Raul is a sadist, and gets some kind of sick gratification from harming his image like this. Raul, it's not so bad being known as a guy who is only good in the regular season. Look how much money it has made ARod! (BTW, I REALLY hope you were taking your three daughters to this concert...)
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