Baseball Players Are Meant to Be Fat

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Rounding The Bases: Chow Down
Published 4/17/2008 by Andy Smith at Bugs & Cranks
Baseball players are meant to be fat. So leave them alone, okay? [Larry Brown Sports] What’s wrong with C.C. Sabathia? [Walkoff Walk] Adam Wainwright! He pitches! He hits! What can’t he do?! [STLtoday.com] Jose Reyes is back to doing his Jose Reyes thing. [Faith and Fear in Flushing] The Brewers line-up is suffering a sever power outage. [Breaking Down the Brewers Blog] Also,  B&C’s own David Chalk has a very well-written piece over at Yahoo! today on why his beloved Tampa Bay baseball ...

High Five
Published 4/17/2008 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
A quick look around the interweb while writing your resumes The fact that a Bulls coach being fired only gets a link instead of an actual post is just an indicator as to how good of a coach he was. [ Chicago Sports ] Actual video of Christmas Ape being fired by the Washington Post. [ Kissing Suzy Kolber ] Well, if Miguel Tejada did it, then you know Jose Contreras is at least 65. [ FanHouse ] Leave the fatties alone! [ Larry Brown Sports ] Seriously, if you're not reading Fire Joe Morgan everyday, you suck. [ Fire Joe Morgan ]

Call the Weight Watchers?
Published 4/17/2008 by Bjoern at Mojo Blog
... and stayed out-of-shape, I’ll accept it. But don’t tell me that players who were successful while fat aren’t succeeding because they’re still just as fat. I agree with Larry Brown on this one. Most fat players would probably be better athletes if they lost a few pounds, but their weight is usually not the main problem if they kicked ass before. Link: Baseball Players Are Meant to Be Fat  

Blog Patrol: Rusty Kuntz Better Win This Thing
Published 4/17/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... of Isaac] A blogger friend reveals himself, gets fired by the Washington Post. [Deadspin] Who would've guessed the Garbage Pail kids predicted the future of sports? [Food Court Lunch] Frank DeFord goes off on MMA. [Signal to Noise] A look at the career long idiocy of Sean Avery [Rumors and Rants] CC Sabathia is horrible right now. [I'm Writing Sports] Baseball players are supposed to be fat. [Larry Brown Sports] Mets pitcher John Maine likes Jennifer Anniston a ...

Blog Jam: Joe Buck’s Gonna Put A Spell on You
Published 4/18/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . • LARRY BROWN SPORTS weighs in with the opinion that baseball players are meant to be fat . • JOE SPORTS FAN has hair-raising news that Mets pitcher John Maine just ...

Sir-Links-Alot
Published 4/18/2008 by Shinsano at East Windup Chronicle
Sorry folks, but I’ve got to do a link dump. I’ve been pretty busy the past few days, and as a result I’ve got a backlog of things I wanted to get out there. Bugs and Cranks’ writer, and occasional EWC contributor, David Chalk penned something on Yahoo! about the G-POPE, and why the Rays should sign him Baseball Players are Meant to be Fat by Larry Brown Sports Some Pitch f/x theory via Mike Fast at The Hardball Times And using Pitch f/x to see if something’s up with C.C. Sabathia’s ...