Getting "In Shape" Is Overrated

I recall a post back in the day where DME disproved the notion that baseball players who show up to spring training either adding muscle, losing weight, getting their corneas rearranged, or adding "protein shakes" to their veins somehow were suppose to make a player better. Yet despite all their hard work, their wOBAs remain the same no matter what cause they are who we thought they were. Unfortunately I cant find a link to this post, but believe me it exists.

The same notion has been attempted in other sports, with identical outcomes.



A big story over the summer was that Lendale White, that fat fatty who won a national championship at USC, started ahead of Reggie Bush, and scored 15 rushing touchdowns last season, finally got in shape by simply cutting out tequila(Fast Food) from his diet. And how has White's new and improved physique fared this season you may ask? Well he's averaging 6.5 carries a game for about 21 yards, oh and the goal-line running back only has 1 TD run. Going forward this is bad news for the Titans and awesome news for tequila. Can I buy stock in tequila? It's a no lose situation here.



Al Jefferson, the young star for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who was the main guy in the Kevin Garnett trade, lost 30 pounds over the summer by going on the "Jared Diet". Wow that is great news and partly the reason I took Jefferson as my first round pick in fantasy basketball. So let's see what the numbers tell us. FG% 40 points below career average. 5 less rebounds a game from previous 3 years and points are down 7 per game from the past 2 season. Not exactly first round material.