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Why Baseball Players Are Overweight …

Writing about Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle accident, the LA Times notes:

Also banned by baseball are auto racing, piloting an aircraft, being a passenger in a single-engine airplane, fencing, karate, judo, using a trampoline, ice boating, spelunking, basketball, football, white-water rafting, tennis, bicycle racing, rodeo, surfing and weightlifting not approved by the team.

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2 Responses to “Why Baseball Players Are Overweight …”

  1. 1
    Jeremy Says:

    I just quote the immortal Philadelphia Phillies First Baseman, John Kruk:
    “Lady, I ain’t an athelete, I’m a baseball player.”

  2. 2
    James Says:

    But OK to take roids until you get a 28 inch necksize.