Well, that isn't exactly true. I've noticed for some time now that the sports "news" site CBSSports.com has dealt with more gossip than anything else, but I found this headline today amusing:
Who is baseball's fattest player?
Turns out they're getting the story from GQ (Gentleman's Quarterly), but still the fact that they're actually sharing it....
As you might expect, it's 95% pitchers who are the "fatties" in the league. I have often wondered how any self-respecting athlete - making millions of dollars a year - can't control their weight better, but to be honest, what bugs me about baseball players the most is their ridiculous facial hair! If they don't have furry little soul patches just below their lower lip, they've got a thin stripe going down their chin. If they don't have that, they've got a patch of hair underneath their chin, with about 4 inches of growth extending from it.
Do they really think that looks anything other than ridiculous? But...that's baseball players for you. Just as 90% of basketball and football players have tattoos (and I'm noticing more tattoos on baseball players mow, too) 90% of all baseball players with facial hair don't have real beards, but these effete looking things. (Note there's a difference between effete - useless, and effeminate).
Well, my off topic rant for today.
Let's get back to the point of the post. It's GQ, a "style magazine." And what are they doing? They are attempting to shame guys into losing weight. Well, I suppose it's tit for tat - women have been shamed into losing weight by the media for years (and then the media turns around and expresses concern that this actress or that actress might be anorexic), and now they're going after the men. Expect football players to be the next target.
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