Does Being Fat Make You Better At Baseball?

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  • @BaseballDoesntExist
    @BaseballDoesntExist  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

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    • @RobbZipp
      @RobbZipp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You got a code for that nasty vape shop you put in your ad?

    • @MrHeroicDemon
      @MrHeroicDemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm assuming having enough lipids allows elasticity to apply while maintaining the mass on your body/arms as your body swings to hit the object or throw. There is a way to maintain both weight, elasticity, and uh balance/ clumsyness. Hard to balance, even with expects.

    • @nicklauschristofonoXXII
      @nicklauschristofonoXXII 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Being fat doesn't make anyone better at anything! And these stories aren't proven just hear say...

    • @nicklauschristofonoXXII
      @nicklauschristofonoXXII 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MrHeroicDemonbruh get a life lmao

    • @MastemaJack
      @MastemaJack 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      $11 a meal is way more expensive than going to the grocery store

  • @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231
    @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2712

    It still cracks me up that CC got skinny AFTER he retired. I love that freaking dude, he's a national treasure.

    • @BrklynBread
      @BrklynBread 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

      I'm happy for CC's health post baseball. But man, beer gut CC was a PROBLEM! 😂

    • @yoavbeneliyahu6686
      @yoavbeneliyahu6686 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      Its a thing with some nfl linemen to lose the weight after playing days. I heard a former panthers linemen lost all the weight and ran a marathon

    • @PlusSFC
      @PlusSFC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      he was skinny for a short time late in his career, and it was probably his worst season, I knew that weight distribution thing was real because of it. glad he's healthier in retirement, though.

    • @WilliamSt.Clair1399
      @WilliamSt.Clair1399 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Mass=Gas in the words of CC. He said he wasn’t getting the velo when he was in his best shape.

    • @DanielBenavides-uh4ze
      @DanielBenavides-uh4ze 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Roids

  • @parkercrossland410
    @parkercrossland410 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1333

    In short:
    If you're heavy, you hit the ball harder, which is kinda the most important thing with baseball these days.
    If you're heavy, you suffer fewer arm injuries because you pitch with your mass, not your arm.
    As pointed out in some other comments, some of these numbers are misleading because they look at weight rather than the way the weight is carried. Jumbo Diaz and Aaron Judge should not fall into the same category.

    • @sethroelke2311
      @sethroelke2311 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      However, a decent amount of the stars listed aren't particularly fat.

    • @thomascevallos5042
      @thomascevallos5042 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

      He ignores fat vs muscle, doesn't factor for height at all, and even misrepresented weights on his hitter lists. For example he has Miggy at 267 which was his 2023 weight when his 2013 Topps Card lists him at 240. He also had trout listed at the same weight for every season on there. And counted Ohtani as overweight

    • @ayarzeev8237
      @ayarzeev8237 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ⁠@@thomascevallos5042he literally said Miggy weighed 240 in 2013 11:15

    • @thomascevallos5042
      @thomascevallos5042 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ayarzeev8237 in the top OPS+ seasons earlier in the video, he lists 267 next to his 2013 OPS falsely increasing the correlation between weight and performance

    • @ayarzeev8237
      @ayarzeev8237 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@thomascevallos5042 I see the point you are referencing now. That may have been a typo on the slide given what he said later in the video.

  • @benjaminmudd2071
    @benjaminmudd2071 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +324

    Bartolo truly lives the American dream. Immigrated here like our forefathers, loves Mcdonald’s and Taco Bell, and made a living off of America’s past time😂😂😂 True American hero at work

    • @thequixoticangler3364
      @thequixoticangler3364 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I remember him from the minors. We saw him twice. That dude WAS charisma. Dunno how else to explain it.

    • @MeanBeanComedy
      @MeanBeanComedy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Our forefathers didn't immigrate here, they settled it and created the Nation to begin with.

    • @ChangeDaWorld-c9b
      @ChangeDaWorld-c9b 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@MeanBeanComedy Imigrate: come to live permanently in a foreign country. Hope this helps ❤

    • @footychat3992
      @footychat3992 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChangeDaWorld-c9b Spell immigrate properly. Also, you don't immigrate to a country that doesn't exist before you get there. The (original) legacy of the US is not immigration, that came later.
      "Hope this helps

    • @mcigloo
      @mcigloo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@MeanBeanComedy To be fair some of them were born elsewhere and did, in fact, immigrate here such as Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, & Francis Lewis just to name a few.

  • @zqrahll
    @zqrahll 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    BMI is a terrible measurement for tall, muscular athletes. By those standards, Arnold Schwarzenegger classified as obese when he was literally Mr. Universe.

    • @chonchjohnch
      @chonchjohnch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I have incredibly broad shoulders, and whenever I’ve weighed a “normal” I’ve looked skeletal
      BMI can be really hit or miss

    • @h4tch3tt74
      @h4tch3tt74 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many body builders are obese. Its just muscle weight versus fat weight. But they get so overweight their foot arches flatten out.

    • @nhlifts9151
      @nhlifts9151 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@chonchjohnchI’m hardly hittin overweight with abs, unless you’re muscular as an ox you’re not gonna be too muscular for bmi it works for 99%+ of people

    • @chonchjohnch
      @chonchjohnch 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@nhlifts9151 my shoulder span is 24 inches, it runs in my dad’s side

    • @SmurffNationn
      @SmurffNationn วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      At 4:49 Freddie Freeman is one of nine “overweight” players! Absurd

  • @TheJustinT
    @TheJustinT 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +967

    You are onto something. Pablo Sanchez was always the best Backyard Sports athlete.

    • @coolmanrandom
      @coolmanrandom 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      kiesha dmitri and mikey are also good at baseball and they're big to

    • @hellasalvy
      @hellasalvy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Goat

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      On the old slow ass PC . Great childhood memories , that little midget could ball

    • @ferrytoldburger6582
      @ferrytoldburger6582 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Oh my gosh if i could play that game rn

    • @pashahillyard8763
      @pashahillyard8763 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      "I learned Spanish in school" IYKYK

  • @zebrafish8603
    @zebrafish8603 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    I've never thought about the existence of an underground cheesesteak eating contest, but now that I know it is out there, there's nothing I want to be a part of more.

  • @clarkwing9507
    @clarkwing9507 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1511

    To be fair, most of the “overweight” players are not actually overweight, they just are big guys with lots of muscle mass, look at Kris Bryant or Bryce Harper who were listed as “overweight” its pretty clear theyre not actually overweight, just shredded and 6’3-6’5

    • @CalebRasey
      @CalebRasey 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      Exactly, if these guys were 5-9 or 5-8 they would be way overweight but these guys are very tall

    • @PatrickHogan
      @PatrickHogan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

      Yeah, I saw Aaron Judge on that list and was like???

    • @nickpillow5692
      @nickpillow5692 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +105

      The thing is the standard that determines overweight are outdated to be fair, and don’t take into account muscle.

    • @VLAPredz
      @VLAPredz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      Basically weight is weight. Your body is not designed to deal with it whether its all muscle or all fat. Muscle being denser and the actions you take to gain it tend to be healthier then just being a blob but your still going to run into problems from the added wear and tear.

    • @tillitsdone
      @tillitsdone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      This was David Ortiz. On TV he looked fat, but to see him in person, he was just a massive human being altogether.

  • @vetoland92
    @vetoland92 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +310

    "even his voice sounds fat" got damn 😂😂😂

    • @krystalissoojung5114
      @krystalissoojung5114 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      that whole paragraph is soooo funny 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kosakukawajiri5007
      @kosakukawajiri5007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I want whatever he ate now. You know he eat good.

    • @willnyc377
      @willnyc377 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That publisher literally had something against fat people 😂😂

    • @erickaguirre4888
      @erickaguirre4888 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Best quote ever

    • @RubyBlueUwU
      @RubyBlueUwU 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@willnyc377they probably did, but honestly that exact statement could be made in an admirable, positive way depending on intention, tone and context. It’s not inherently insulting and could believably be affectionate…but considering it was 2000 I’m gonna assume it wasn’t. Fuckin brutal though.

  • @Laidback_616
    @Laidback_616 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +255

    Pablo avoiding that tag while doing the splits is a thing of beauty. That statue belongs in the Big man Hof.

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Kung Fu Panda dodge

  • @fio6620
    @fio6620 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    Also something to consider, a guy who is 6 foot 2, 210 pounds of pure muscle, chiseled like a sculpture, is considered overweight by bmi.

    • @charlesclark3840
      @charlesclark3840 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And at 6 foot 1, 220 pounds, considered obese.

  • @jtherealmccoy9450
    @jtherealmccoy9450 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +395

    This is just evidence of how bad BMI is as a metric. Because while there are exceptions of "overweight" players that play well despite not having an athletic body type, a big reason for why so many of the best players are getting heavier is because it is more common for them to build much more muscle. And guys like Mookie Betts and Jose Altuve aren't lighter because they're more fit, they're just limited by height.

    • @CalebRasey
      @CalebRasey 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Realisticly if the average height of Americans was 6-3 none of these guys would be overweight

    • @kingyellowman5762
      @kingyellowman5762 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      My BMI is perfect but I'm skinny fat 🤷

    • @Akkbar21
      @Akkbar21 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      It’s only for normal people

    • @Akkbar21
      @Akkbar21 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kingyellowman5762skinny fat? Gtfo here

    • @jtherealmccoy9450
      @jtherealmccoy9450 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The big problem with BMI is that the number itself is meaningless without context, and because of its nature, the context that's provided is super generalized. The "healthy" BMI range is based upon the "average" person, but the nature of humans is that we aren't average, we all have unique quirks that require much more relative metrics. Someone that has a larger overall build might not actually be healthy by getting their weight into the healthy range. On the flip side someone that has a low percentage fat composition can be considered obese if they build enough bulk, but the nature of getting to that level of fitness means having to be the most healthy you can be. So at the end of the day the only thing that BMI alone is good for is comparing your weight to people of a similar height. It takes other metrics to understand whether a person's weight is a problem or not (or in this case to compare whether baseball players are better because they're fatter or have just bulked up more)

  • @harrisonshouldice5451
    @harrisonshouldice5451 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    This always made sense to me. Every time in Little League with a fat kid stepped up to the plate we always took five steps back

  • @cargopilotguy305
    @cargopilotguy305 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +351

    Best baseball content on TH-cam. This and Jomboy got me into baseball

    • @corywilson2007
      @corywilson2007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I loved jomboy so much and still do that I couldn't imagine someone coming along and doing baseball content even better. But this guy is it.

    • @z.r.r4593
      @z.r.r4593 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@corywilson2007 jomboy has fallen off and just shills out content now.

    • @corywilson2007
      @corywilson2007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@z.r.r4593 I feel that too. Seemed like he barely did any baseball videos last year compared to the previous years.

    • @zeldafreak1975
      @zeldafreak1975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@z.r.r4593
      He never does the lipsync stuff, which is what made him blow up. 😮‍💨 😢

    • @22burnsie
      @22burnsie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@z.r.r4593my guy, what are you talking about… just because not every video is baseball doesn’t mean the content is any worse. The whole company is having as much fun as ever on TH-cam

  • @tabo51
    @tabo51 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    For the record, Ichiro would deliberately start the season about 20 lbs over his ideal weight because he'd lose it all, and then some, over the course of the season. He explained that it's the exact reason why his April and May numbers were the worst throughout the season.
    My point is whether you're big or small, I believe productivity has more to do with a balance between consistency and adaptation. Bartolo remained consistent with his diet and was able to successfully adapt to the changes in his body while Pablo couldn't. It also takes a toll psychologically when you have to start being cautious of something you never had to think twice about before.

  • @natedafien
    @natedafien 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +658

    there’s zero way mike trout and kris bryant were overweight in the 2014-2016 season

    • @MisterVicky9
      @MisterVicky9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +172

      Tall and muscular counts as overweight I guess 😭😭😭

    • @54raynor
      @54raynor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +183

      Yeah, the biggest reason baseball players are heavier than ever is because they are more muscular than ever.
      People don’t realize that weight training was not a widespread practice in MLB circles until the 1990s, and that practice is not going away any time soon.

    • @NathanALee
      @NathanALee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +130

      @@MisterVicky9 They're using BMI so anyone who's built is gonna count as overweight...I hope to god that paper he's mentioning doesnt also use BMI as its criteria for overweight

    • @welcome_to_the_own_zone
      @welcome_to_the_own_zone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      im 6'4 / 215 and I'm technically overweight

    • @susanmenegus5543
      @susanmenegus5543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍

  • @TheWizardofOzymandias
    @TheWizardofOzymandias 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I LOVE baseball because the health grind obsession and body shaming doesn't apply. As John Kruk said in Sports Illustrated like 30yrs ago when interviewer tried to shame him for his unhealthy habits as an athlete, and he repsonded "i ain't no athlete, I'm a baseball player." He had a monster season.

    • @starman923
      @starman923 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love this...I ain't no athlete, I'm a bb player...and one heck of a player he was

  • @dontwannaname
    @dontwannaname 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +216

    Body weight and %body fat are two very different things. Nor does it take height into consideration

    • @joelbergsma7019
      @joelbergsma7019 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Dude legit called Mike Trout overweight. Wtf

    • @holstorrsceadus1990
      @holstorrsceadus1990 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      BMI only takes height and weight into consideration. Height is definitely considered. Body fat is what's missing.

    • @jaywebb0113
      @jaywebb0113 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@holstorrsceadus1990 BMI is body mass not body fat. in general if it fat or muscle you can still be over weight , look at body builders who are like 5 ft 9 and 250 lbs who are 5% body fat ... they still are considered over weight.

    • @shaolinotter
      @shaolinotter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      muscle is whats missing. most strong men are fat simply because restricintg your calories is stressful@@holstorrsceadus1990

    • @nofurtherwest3474
      @nofurtherwest3474 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He should look at BMI. But still, the physics make sense. In positions of leverage (ie hitting and pitching) extra weight / more mass helps generate power. In positions of running/speed/agility (eg fielding, running bases) it will work against you, slow you down.

  • @saniwada
    @saniwada 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I have never played baseball, but I was a fat kid and played cricket growing up. I was one of the fastest bowlers (cricket pitchers) in the school and was able to throw fast balls with a fraction the run up of my teammates.

  • @DunkTheMonk
    @DunkTheMonk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +704

    107 beers is LITE

    • @loganking9543
      @loganking9543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Nice lil warm up

    • @allkene
      @allkene 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nah

    • @truss3518
      @truss3518 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lite*

    • @thetradereaper
      @thetradereaper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Natty lite

    • @joeyhudson5880
      @joeyhudson5880 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Easy pregame

  • @JohnSmith-ct2yc
    @JohnSmith-ct2yc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I one time was in alcohol rehab with a pro ball player and as a big baseball fan I would chat with him and he told that the Seattle mariners set his ass there because his bottle of liquor per day habit was keeping him fat, and that was the primary reason they wanted him to give it up

  • @traviswhitfield7629
    @traviswhitfield7629 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Stopped watching baseball for years - but I gotta say that this channel has gotten me back to watching & keeping up with the games! Thank you for this dope content

    • @shawn-zx9xt
      @shawn-zx9xt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I click and I watch to the end everytime.

    • @dtha_truth6079
      @dtha_truth6079 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm from England and have never watched a baseball game in my 29years , but I like the vids/storys

    • @chimchu3232
      @chimchu3232 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also watch jomboys cricket videos, even though ive never watched a match haha. ​@dtha_truth6079

    • @father7713
      @father7713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

    • @johnbob5137
      @johnbob5137 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same here I stopped watching after Strasburg got Tommy John's (and I personally didn't liked how they were babying him and still ended up having to do the surgery) found this channel during the off-season last year and he rekindled my passion for baseball so much I went to the cages swinging as if I was about to sign a contract but i still forgot to tune in to this season 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dawashingmachine9158
    @dawashingmachine9158 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    I mean, Babe Ruth is a downright mythical and he had a beer belly. This seems like something that’d be just common sense

    • @kevinbeazy
      @kevinbeazy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What does this say about baseball

    • @griftinggamer
      @griftinggamer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@kevinbeazy
      What does it say about power lifting? Who cares. Big dudes bring power.

    • @wumbojet
      @wumbojet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@kevinbeazy Look at strongman physiques, strength is directly correlated with weight, putting up 100 pounds of muscle is just not sustainable so getting "out of shape" while keeping your strength training and conditioning will probably catapult your strength.

  • @austintomlinson7863
    @austintomlinson7863 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    While it doesn't account for the players who lost weight and then sucked, it should be noted that the disproportionately good stats from heavy players could be affected by the fact that fat players clearly had a shorter leash than thin players. Only the best got to the show and those that did had significantly more pressure to perform than the average player. There still may be a correlation but not as direct as it may seem.

    • @jamesdrake142
      @jamesdrake142 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Exactly. Survivor bias. People look at antique furniture or houses and they say “things were better made back then.” Wrong. They made plenty of things poorly or cheaply 100 years ago. And that stuff didn’t exist anymore. We see only the 100-year old products that happened to have been well made. People also take better care of the best made products.

    • @mat5473
      @mat5473 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The players that lost weight on team orders and started sucking probably lost muscle weight because losing the fat was too hard in such a short time. Everyone knows muscle is easier to lose than fat. That would easily explain their regressions.

    • @eyflfla
      @eyflfla 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jamesdrake142Same is true for music.

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mat5473 Even if they didn't lose muscle, losing a lot of weight quickly is not healthy. Baseball's off-season is not very long. If I had a guy come in to spring training 30 pounds lighter than he was at the end of the year, I'd be worried. 10 pounds? Great but 30, that's asking for trouble. And of course as you said, there is likely to be muscle mass loss involved in that kind of weight loss too.

  • @kaleiwahea
    @kaleiwahea 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Big Sexy getting offered 50 grand to cut weight, getting FATTER instead, and then winning a Cy Young, is one of the most hilarious developments in baseball. Going on to become EVEN FATTER and be the MLBs oldest to hit their first HR is the cherry on top.

  • @PaladinLarec
    @PaladinLarec 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    IT worked for John Kruk. He was a lifetime .300 hitter that, according to reports, would go inbetween innings and microwave hotdogs in the team microwave. He'd also order pizza and cheesesteaks and be surrounded with the wrappers.

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      John Kruk is not a good siiingerr
      We mask his hideous voiiice with more voluumeee

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wehwehweh doodoo

    • @roji556
      @roji556 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      In the words of John Daly: "You can't pull fat"

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🎶 sixty niiiiiine when you eat a junk lunch

    • @kingyellowman5762
      @kingyellowman5762 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lots of cocaine too

  • @54raynor
    @54raynor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I’ve long wondered if slimming down was the worst thing that happened to Felix Hernandez in his career.
    When King Felix arrived in the majors as a teen prodigy, he was noticeably thicker than pretty much every pitcher in his age bracket.
    After fulfilling his potential and becoming one of the most dominant pitchers in the game, Felix started to slim down noticeably and almost immediately started losing velocity on his fastball. This also had the effect of turning the best changeup in the game into just another pitch. Felix also seemed to lose durability and endurance, rarely pitching more than 5 innings in a start after turning 30.

    • @dishantithomas4198
      @dishantithomas4198 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's possible but it could easily be a chicken or the egg sort of situation did the weight loss cause his struggles or did his struggles cause his weight loss.
      Then again, you could just be one of those situations You can find and basically every sport where a really great player has a really short prime

    • @54raynor
      @54raynor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @karlwithak. you do realize that King Felix was 33 when he threw his last pitch, right? Also, players tend to put on weight as they age, not the other way around.

  • @khohlt4
    @khohlt4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I watch a video based on Wade Boogs 73 beer flight. They did the math, and he have been super dead if it happened. But I admit it's a great baseball storytale. His BAC would be over 1%, which is more than double the lethal limit of 0.40%.

    • @howardmenkes2926
      @howardmenkes2926 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Andre the Giant put away 100 beers in a sitting. Wade Boggs did not.

  • @theathlete1903
    @theathlete1903 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I weight 210 when I got drafted, gain 38lbs in the offseason and the A’s were furious the next year but I did well! Got up to 254 at 6’6”, and played for 12 years!

    • @aryansharma808
      @aryansharma808 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      whats your name if you dont mind me asking?

    • @theathlete1903
      @theathlete1903 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@aryansharma808 Mike Rossiter 38th pick in 91!

    • @engell3707
      @engell3707 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@theathlete1903hey I looked up your name. It’s true, the A’s drafted you 1st round 38. You even played in Mexican league one year. You were a real baseball player.

    • @theathlete1903
      @theathlete1903 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@engell3707 that’s me… actually played a couple years down there but only one shows hp! Fun times!

    • @cokesquirrel
      @cokesquirrel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That's really cool thanks for sharing it

  • @Bobby-Dingers
    @Bobby-Dingers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    My son is the chubbiest ( I wouldn't say hes "fat" but hes hefty) kid on his team but he's also the best pitcher and the best hitter. Funny enough he also plays ss if he's not pitching or playing 1st.

    • @Akkbar21
      @Akkbar21 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hello heart disease

    • @Bobby-Dingers
      @Bobby-Dingers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Says the guy laying around playing video games, foh.

    • @MarcoMagno-w
      @MarcoMagno-w 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Huge respect for you, keep doing what you do and help your child, don't let others opinions affect you nor your son.​@@Bobby-Dingers

    • @MrPAULONEAL
      @MrPAULONEAL 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He would still be the best pitcher if he carried less mass. Correlation isn't causation.

    • @FuckYoutubeAndGoogle
      @FuckYoutubeAndGoogle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Congratulations, your kid is fat. What a great parent you are.

  • @thequixoticangler3364
    @thequixoticangler3364 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas.
    Dmitri Young is a legend in the Rock. He's our Babe Ruth.
    He once hit a ball over the retaining wall that kept balls off the freeway. I found that ball. It was on the other side of the freeway up the hill. Thats 800 ft.
    I have at least 20 of his HR balls. The left field fence was in front of the Armory my Dad worked at. He'd hit em on to the roof and we'd go get em after the inning as it was literally right next door.
    My fondest memories are of him putting balls on the moon in Ray Winder. Best player I've ever seen live.

  • @mouseinurhouse
    @mouseinurhouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Tony Gwynn. He was a chunker. One of the greatest hitters of all time

    • @jonnyt16
      @jonnyt16 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah I can't believe he wasn't mentioned in this video.

  • @JoeRogansForehead
    @JoeRogansForehead 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    THAT UMP ACTUALLY TAKING A BITE OF THE BURGER THAT WAS ON THE BASE 😮 😂

    • @qqw743
      @qqw743 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like you wouldn't. We all would.

  • @mmonkeyman1403
    @mmonkeyman1403 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I’ve seen photos of Miggy recently and he’s a lot slimmer now. Pretty crazy stuff since a lot of his physical ailments were affecting his mobility

    • @jfthome
      @jfthome 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I used to get annoyed as hell when watching Miggy jog to first base when he hit a grounder.

  • @Papajasco
    @Papajasco 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Literally burst into tears at the sponsor choice on this one. Top tier stuff

  • @Cap7171
    @Cap7171 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Pablo Sandoval is a legend here in SF. Always brought the house down.

  • @CYMotorsport
    @CYMotorsport 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:04 you’re inadvertently misrepresenting this research. The Harvard study uses the word “fat” as a form of intellectual clickbait. As someone with a graduate degree in psychology which is literally just to train you how to write studies and research that’s all, the entire premise is attacking the mass end of the BMI calculation. Players that weigh more are statistically significantly more likely to be taller players hence more frame to add more muscle along with more fat. Those two do not weight remotely the same. “Fatter” players at the top of the sport offensively who gained weight aren’t gaining fat - they are converting excess fat to muscle. That’s why it didn’t work for young. He was just getting fatter and he was diagnosed accordingly. Notice also how this only about offense. Your whole video started with all players but conveniently morphed into hitting. Those bigger players universally regressed in the field in cases where they were adding fat over muscle.
    So absolutely not it doesn’t help to be fatter. It helps to be stronger and taller players are higher ceilings to achieve this. Bc they are process is bal athletes, they still list weights so as players who are even lazy add weight, they can convert some of this after they add fat. The kids call this bulking. Smaller players can’t do this bc they have much less of a frame to play with this ratio. This is why Altuve has to remain as bulky as he can while being agile given that’s his strength. It’s also why you’ll see division 1 champion sprinters who could easily all set combine records in track shape but when drafted run much slower. Yah no shit they gained 30 pounds to be able to hit their bench targets. Trindon Holliday is the best example of this. In track shape he’d have zero problem going low 4s in a 40. We know this bc in literally electronic timing track races with blind starting guns unlike the goofy way nfl does it, we can clock his 40 meter pace. Same goes for Walter Dix who did go in the 3’s for his official 40 but that was in track shape. He’d likely not get drafted weighing 170 pounds soaking wet even as just a return man.

  • @ratchet44455
    @ratchet44455 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    finally, some sports content i can relate to

    • @kingyellowman5762
      @kingyellowman5762 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Being fat sux unless you're rich

    • @stewpitteejit
      @stewpitteejit 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kingyellowman5762 not for Chris Farley

    • @kingyellowman5762
      @kingyellowman5762 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stewpitteejit I assure you he lived a better life than a skinny broke mf

  • @yincycle
    @yincycle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    107 beers is pretty much 107 shots, you’re dying at least 5 times over doesn’t matter who you are. Never heard more cap in my life

  • @PatrickTassone
    @PatrickTassone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Alot of those ovrerwieght listed players are just tall. Aaron Judge is 282 lbs. but hes 6'7

    • @hiredgunrp3893
      @hiredgunrp3893 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. For Example, Yordan Alvarez weighs 225, and is included in the "overweight" category in the video, even though his BMI (26.5) is lower than his teammate Jose Altuve's (26.7). Freddie Freeman is also "Over 210 lbs" but he's nearly a foot taller than Altuve, so his BMI is lower. It's not just about being "fat" it's about being big.

  • @NicsHODLN
    @NicsHODLN 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Babe Ruth, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, & Big Papi all prove that having extra weight gives you extra power. I don't know why it's still a discussion.

  • @AwsamNick
    @AwsamNick 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    As a bigger guy playing baseball, I see this as a win. My nickname in the dugout is Thicc Nick btw.

    • @KLil37
      @KLil37 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fuck yeah

  • @thaddeusodonnell3986
    @thaddeusodonnell3986 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +976

    Every like this comment gets ill drink a beer

    • @dckillsall2425
      @dckillsall2425 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Another one

    • @Amongus12112
      @Amongus12112 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      33

    • @sphebhengu5362
      @sphebhengu5362 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Your 77th beer on my behalf , don't chug , sip it slow

    • @Yerminator4000
      @Yerminator4000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Drink up

    • @rotten-waffles
      @rotten-waffles 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good luck lil bro

  • @CplVelasco
    @CplVelasco 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Bartolo is every casual rec players hero. That man is a national treasure LUL

  • @jasonroyer9870
    @jasonroyer9870 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is the funniest baseball video I've ever seen

  • @MaskOfAgamemnon
    @MaskOfAgamemnon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can't believe how often you're able to release videos with this kind of depth.
    I feel like your masterpiece on Japanese baseball just came out!
    This channel is a wonder.

  • @captbloodbeard
    @captbloodbeard 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Growing up in Detroit, the first time my dad took me to a Tiger's game and I saw Cecil Fielder go up to bat for the first time live, I said to my dad incredulously "Dad, he's too fat to run the bases!" But my dad responded "He doesn't have to run so it doesn't matter if he's fat, he hits so many home runs." And to my amazement, that's exactly what happened. Cecil immediately hit a home run, and slowly and ceremoniously jiggled his way around the bases.

    • @starman923
      @starman923 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He was indeed a monster with a cap M

  • @danielard5574
    @danielard5574 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I love how people in this day and age still think the most bogus unscientific statistic, BMI, means anything in regards to your health or fitness. Would love to see a video on how 99% of all NFL players not named Devonta Smith are "overweight" when he's less than 2 BMI points away from being "overweight" lol

    • @lw3764
      @lw3764 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      THIS comment. The BMI wasn't even invented for what it's used for now. The guy who came up with it was only trying to see what averages were for men, and he only studied white European men. He specifically said it shouldn't be used for any individual recommendations. It wasn't meant as a measure of who should lose weight or not, it was just a measure of what average was. If they had all been fatter, the average would have been fatter, too. But now we're all reduced to a number and most people aren't going to get down to the "right" BMI and stay that way.

    • @CToast
      @CToast 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not perfect, but generally people who think it's useless and bogus are the ones squarely in the upper numbers...and it's not because they're professional athletes.

  • @ericxpenner
    @ericxpenner 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I haven't watched a single baseball game in 20 years, and this is insane. A bit like waking up from a coma and wondering, "what's going on in baseball?" Oh, there are loads of fat guys now.

  • @raysup0862
    @raysup0862 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ozzie Guillen calling Jenks out of the pen is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

  • @Edward_Nebiolo
    @Edward_Nebiolo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:20 100 pieces of gum?
    That’s Pete Carroll’s thing

  • @Denzelwashington123
    @Denzelwashington123 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Aaron judge being 282 pounds shouldnt be overweight because hes 6"8

    • @JJ-zr6fu
      @JJ-zr6fu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s more about him being that heavy

  • @DudeEggs
    @DudeEggs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Force = Mass x Acceleration. If you can accelerate more mass as fast or faster, one can increase their force in hitting and pitching.

  • @bheemabachus5179
    @bheemabachus5179 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Eating lunch during this video is an experience. 10 cheesesteaks in a day???

  • @THEsoulquarian
    @THEsoulquarian 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s funny because whenever my partner occasionally glances at the screen when I’m watching a game, she’s like -why is that guy (pitcher or batter) fat and/or sweating? Cracks me up when she’s like -is he sweating from stress?

  • @stainlesssteelrat2821
    @stainlesssteelrat2821 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    as a brit your vids are great . love the game

  • @kelliJANSEN
    @kelliJANSEN 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    a lot of baseball players are naturally more bottom heavy than the average man -- more of their weight is distributed more evenly throughout their whole body (no stick legs in sight)
    so even if their body fat % IS also in fact too high, they STILL won't necessarily "look" overweight cuz they're guys with thighs -- baseball booties are the best in sports

    • @kelliJANSEN
      @kelliJANSEN 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @breadandcircuses8127i like big butts, & i cannot lie

  • @bgmich9098
    @bgmich9098 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Aaron Judge is 6'7" 280 isn't THAT heavy for that height

    • @sloshtugz4087
      @sloshtugz4087 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Height doesn’t matter

    • @Doctor2Delaware
      @Doctor2Delaware 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Yeah it does

    • @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231
      @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      And he's muscular, not fat. Statistics would suggest he'll probably be a giant whale after he's been retired for a few years 🤣🤣, but as of now, he's not fat at all.

    • @sar4806
      @sar4806 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He’s also built like a titan so he doesn’t count in this regard

    • @maxbublik4545
      @maxbublik4545 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@sloshtugz4087are you slow

  • @Clownlife432
    @Clownlife432 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    George Foreman famously won the heavyweight crown back in his late 40s. He had always been a power puncher young, and when he was older it was more of the same. He gained a substantial amount of weight and that was just more force into his punches. Makes sense to me from the stand point that the force is generated from your hips and having more weight around your hips puts more mass into movement at the most critical stage.

  • @Bigbird_96
    @Bigbird_96 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    BRB, gonna go drink a bunch of beer and pizza and go sneak into spring training for the Rockies

  • @John-wr9eu
    @John-wr9eu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There are also many past and current players that were great despite being fat or not. It might work for some as you pointed out, but I also think of Ted Williams, DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Griffey, Aaron Judge, Ohtani, Ichiro, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez.. The list can go on all day, but I would say that fitness and strength is directly related to athletic performance. The players today look pretty strong and in shape, but it’s also interesting to see how that’s not the case at all like the evidence in the video. This is what makes baseball interesting to me. It’s mental, unpredictable and relies on instinct more than athleticism sometimes. Great videos, man! Keep it up!

  • @brettkozak3479
    @brettkozak3479 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    LOL "This video is brought to you by cook unity" That made me lol in the context lol

  • @johnreesekl6249
    @johnreesekl6249 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not sure about Lincecum in this video. He was always a smaller guy who threw gas, but his size scared many teams away. He got sick one offseason, and lost all kinds of weight and was a string bean. He gained the pre-illness weight back, but he never recovered his velocity.

  • @JasonThomasLionHeart
    @JasonThomasLionHeart 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    love your content. some guys are just huge and heavy but by no means over weight - like judge and stanton, they are just monsters among men. but i always thought the big guys had a distinct power advantage as well

  • @outofcompliance1639
    @outofcompliance1639 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't think it is possible to drink 107 beers in a few hours or whatever Boggs reportedly did. You would pass out after 30-40 or get alcohol poisoning, liver failure, or just not enough room in your system for that much liquid. I call BS.
    FYI, the unofficial world record is 156 beers but that was by the professional drunk Andre the Giant. He also died young.

  • @emilyg3758
    @emilyg3758 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Very funny as a Mets fan that a Vogelbach clip was used for “hit balls farther than ever.”

    • @mikerogers5086
      @mikerogers5086 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am a mets fan, and vogelbach was really good besides the 2 months slump in the beginning of 2023 season

    • @emilyg3758
      @emilyg3758 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mikerogers5086 never said he was bad, but the man sure isn’t a power hitter. His strength is his discipline.

    • @mikerogers5086
      @mikerogers5086 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @emilyg3758 his strength wasn't home runs, but his exit velocity was in the top category in the league. His hitting came from his power.

    • @emilyg3758
      @emilyg3758 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikerogers5086 Well yeah, but the comment was about driving the ball far, not hitting line drives into gaps. One doesn't typically refer to a gap hitting leadoff center fielder as a "power hitter" even if he can hit the ball hard, so why should we apply a different principle to Vogey? There's more than EV that goes into power hitting.
      Side note, if you looked further into the stats you're referencing for 2023, you'd see that his 17.6% bump in hard hit% and 4.1mph increase in average exit velo was accompanied by a nearly 10% bump in ground ball percentage. His ground ball/fly ball ratio increased by .24 points! All of this resulted in a whopping... .032 point decrease in slugging and a 0.8 point reduction in hr%. Oh and to do all this he took a nearly 5% point hit in his walk rate. So he isn't hitting the ball any farther than he has in the past. And that's okay! HRs aren't his strength.
      Historically, his value has come from his on base skills, not his average or slugging. A good example is to look at years where his EV and hard hit% have been down, like 2022 or even 2020. His effectiveness really doesn't reduce that much. He's still walking, he's still hitting line drives, and he's still effective. That's discipline, not power.

  • @PrickFlair
    @PrickFlair 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When BDE posts a new video, I stop what I’m doing and watch. Even when I’m driving.

  • @paytonwandzy8054
    @paytonwandzy8054 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Kenny Powers archetype

  • @Savroge
    @Savroge 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have basically zero previous interest in baseball but I’m SO glad this channel showed up in my recs. This stuff is SO interesting!!

  • @garlicbread9875
    @garlicbread9875 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The fear of running makes them hit harder

    • @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231
      @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No joke, the longest homerun I ever hit in my modest playing career was a game where I was sick as hell, I had been throwing up all night and barely could walk. I was hitting leadoff so I just took a big vicious hack at the first pitch, because I was hoping to hit it a mile and not have to run the bases, fastball right down the middle, I cracked that sucker over the scoreboard in left center, probably about 380 maybe 400 ft.

  • @JLG629
    @JLG629 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel like I’ve always noticed that baseball players have a certain body type that is unique within athletics. It’s like fat-strong. Or strong-fat. Whichever you prefer. And tall. For some reason it works out near-perfectly in baseball.

  • @ep7975
    @ep7975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I think Boggs had 107 ROOT BEERS!

  • @justinchamberlin4195
    @justinchamberlin4195 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I mean, yeah...thinking of some of my favorite Brewers comes up with names like C.C. Sabathia and Prince Fielder. And while he isn't on my list of favorites, all the gratuitous footage of the living embodiment of the Beer Barrel Man (a.k.a. Daniel Vogelbach) is much appreciated.
    I'm also loving the clip of Bartolo Colon's homer. That was an absolutely pure, joyous moment in baseball that we all got to experience in our lifetimes. What would have been nice to see is all of his ridiculously athletic fielding plays despite being a robust gentleman, though multiple shots of him eating ribs is also pretty okay. I am now going to eat ribs and wonder if I, an unathletic man nearing 40, should go to spring tryouts next year to offer my services.

  • @jamesesterline
    @jamesesterline 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    BDE is asking the real questions here

    • @sethroelke2311
      @sethroelke2311 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nah, the real question is is: how fat would Ohtani have to get to win cy young and the triple crown in the same season?

  • @Pancasikha
    @Pancasikha 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I grew up watching cricket and there were plenty of players that were fat and incorporated their size into their style of play. Honestly, when it comes to sports, whatever gets the job done (legally) should be appreciated. Feel like this is the physics of baseball coming up against our contemporary obsession with image.

  • @Miguel-sh1yv
    @Miguel-sh1yv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Rest in Peace, Wade Boggs

    • @trublaze
      @trublaze 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Wade Boggs is very much alive

    • @BrassPlayr
      @BrassPlayr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@trublaze This meme never gets old.

    • @Toast2005
      @Toast2005 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BrassPlayr I must be new because I was very confused by the comment

  • @MESteve85
    @MESteve85 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I met CC at the Panda Express in the Houston airport during the 04’ AS Game. He was with Matt Lawton. Can confirm: he’s enormous.

  • @Percyripped
    @Percyripped 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Ive always loved the concept of fat players in baseball. What other major league sport has that. You can be fat, wear jewlery, chew on tobacco, while playing in a professional sporting event. Thats badass to me

    • @theleap2946
      @theleap2946 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Apparently you have never watched darts. Those dudes used to smoke during live television broadcasts. 🤣🤣

  • @outwest100az
    @outwest100az 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video made my day as I have often thought about this subject but not seen anything about it. The before and afters are just epic and show what our shittte American diet can do to even supposed in great shape baseball players. Colon is and was a freak of nature. His home run was one of the most fun Mets (big fan) moments of my baseball life.

  • @sandycrash8868
    @sandycrash8868 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Well baseball being America game makes sense now. Babe Ruth would be proud

  • @nickpayne7267
    @nickpayne7267 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Their is no way he went this whole video not talking about Babe Ruth 😂

  • @nofurtherwest3474
    @nofurtherwest3474 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In summary: extra weight helps in positions where leverage is important - hitting and pitching. Makes sense.
    Extra weight will reduce performance where speed/cardio/nimbleness are needed - fielding and base running.

  • @Mo_Ketchups
    @Mo_Ketchups 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:29 - Yer FACE on that fadeaway! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @daelinproudmore5068
    @daelinproudmore5068 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hi.... Nobody can drink 73 beers on a flight. Assuming he drank cans that's 6 gallons of liquid. That amount of liquid consumed in a short time can kill you, even if it's water.

  • @mrxtravagent7130
    @mrxtravagent7130 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It may not be the best for performance, but watching Pablo Sandoval's belt bust from swinging the bat is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time....

  • @jackwoodbury5224
    @jackwoodbury5224 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Luckily, Wells avoided this close call.”
    Close call? Dude was dead 😂😂😂
    Great video 🤙

  • @justindunn7467
    @justindunn7467 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hated as a kid in little league, and now with my son playing travel ball that so many "good" players are overweight kids who are twice the size of my son. They crush the ball and then go eat 5000 calories in junk food in the dugout. Its not a jealousy thing (my son is still really good and it doesn't affect him), just an aggravation.

  • @TheWarrior17_9
    @TheWarrior17_9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bmi does not show that a guy like Judge is muscular and tall, meanwhile Pablo Sandoval was sub 6 feet and over 250. Weight isn’t everything, it’s how much weight you carry that is muscle.

  • @PandaMojo26
    @PandaMojo26 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All of his compilations now have full length videos he has completed the infinity stones

  • @MReginaldGoldstein77
    @MReginaldGoldstein77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a lifelong fat guy who's non-athletic but unusually good at baseball compared to my peers, I can confirm that, yeah.

  • @AbleAnderson
    @AbleAnderson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A lot of the guys you highlighted as "technically overweight" are not overweight at all. Things like BMI and average/healthy weight do not do well at taking muscle into account. Mike Trout is not overweight, he's just built like a brick house and has a lot of muscle. That goes for many of the guys who got highlighted on that list

  • @MarloSoBalJr
    @MarloSoBalJr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If there's a sport where being overweight is actually a luxury, baseball IS that sport.
    How much cardio do you really need tbh?

  • @ThomasLaPinta
    @ThomasLaPinta 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Using BMI as a data point to determine if a player is overweight is not the best approach. There are players who are “overweight” because of muscle mass but these players are not fat. New guys coming up now are in better shape you don’t see many overweight players anymore

  • @dfloriza
    @dfloriza 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The sentiment echoed by many players and coaches in baseball: "You can't pull fat". Ozzie Guillen was a champion of this, and recalled players eating cheeseburgers and slamming beers, and said that they were never on the DL as a result. It's still interesting seeing how it affects offense and defense.

  • @TheTEN24
    @TheTEN24 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That SI article is hilarious. I also didn’t know that colon story but it makes sense

  • @mcfarlac1
    @mcfarlac1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think Alejandro Kirk leads the league in BMI. Sportsnet website lists him as 5’8” and 265lbs. That’s a BMI around 38.
    Does anyone know an active player with a higher BMI?

    • @engell3707
      @engell3707 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He looks like the new Pablo Sandoval. And for a catcher I say his weight doesn’t bother him none. He has enough power to hit and run all the way to second for a double.

    • @mcfarlac1
      @mcfarlac1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@engell3707 I’m a BlueJays fan and I agree he carries his weight well. It’s surprising how fast he can move with that physique. But most BlueJays fans would like to see him 30 pounds lighter this year. Which would still be a hefty 5’8” 235 pounds.

  • @bigdaddy2429
    @bigdaddy2429 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the case in every sport, coaches and fans judge athletes for now looking like swimsuit models even if being heavier helps performance

  • @danielbedsole4194
    @danielbedsole4194 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Doesn’t matter what size you are. Baseball is about skill not necessarily athleticism. Miss the bat or put the barrel on the ball at the right time.

  • @xCentarion
    @xCentarion 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't realize how many big fellas played baseball until after my freshman football season when there was three other linemen (including me) showing up to baseball pre conditioning that winter. unfortunately i switched to a school with no sports so i couldn't play with my buddies but i heard they weren't too bad.

  • @christurner4873
    @christurner4873 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    couldn’t you argue that in order to be a fat pitcher you would have to be performing extra well or you’d be cut? After all, most of the video is spent discussing how skeptical MLB teams are of fat pitchers.
    So it’ could be a case of correlation, but not causation; a fat pitcher will be cut for poor performance at a lower bar than a fit pictcher, so their averages will necessarily be higher.