BIGGEST LOSER

Having struggled to a career low in 2015 with a batting average of .245, Pablo Sandoval showed up for Boston Red Sox training camp, weighing in at an alltime high. The figures may vary from 280-300 lbs. The body fat percentage (BFP) of a human or other living being is the total mass of fat divided by total body mass; body fat includes essential body fat and storage body fat.

Pablo is in the second year of a five year, $95 million guaranteed contract, with no weight restrictions written in. According to San Francisco Giants' broadcaster Mike Krukow, Pablo Sandoval has a body fat percentage of 30. For Athletes, the rate is 14-20% for Women, Men is 6-13%. For the Average American, the rate is 25-31% for Women, Men is 18-24%. Obese for Women is 32%, Men is 25%. Pablo knocked that one right out of the park.

After serving the Boston Red Sox in various capacities for 62 years, only four Boston Red Sox players showed up for the August 22, 2011 funeral of Johnny Pesky: David Ortiz, Clay Buchholz, Vicente Padilla and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The team had even provided bus service, but 21 active players were too tired from the team's long road trip so they slept in. Two busloads of other Red Sox employees and front-office officials -- numbering more than 100 in all -- also attended the funeral held in Swampscott, the same North Shore town in which Pesky, 92, lived for decades.

Johnny Pesky joined the United States Army in 1942. He was paid $21.00 per month. He sacrificed three years of his major league baseball career to serve his country. Pablo Sandoval has zero chance of passing the physical to join the Armed Forces, and he gets paid $ 1,583,333.33 per month.

It was seventy one years ago that Albert "Red" Schoendienst began his remarkable career in Major League Baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals marked the 70 year milestone by honoring Red with a special pre-game ceremony prior to the season opener against the Cincinnati Reds. In addition, the team launched a season-long campaign encouraging fans to demonstrate their affection for Red by sharing a video message via social media using the hashtag #LoveRed2. The team wore a commemorative number 2 "70 Years in Uniform and Counting" patch on their sleeve.

"We wanted to mark this amazing milestone by letting Red know how much he means to the entire Cardinals family," said Bill DeWitt III, President of the St. Louis Cardinals. "We encouraged fans to join us in showing their affinity, affection and appreciation for number two as he celebrated seventy years and counting in Major League Baseball."

The 2013 World Series won by the Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Cardinals in six games is an aberration. There is no logical explanation as to why a team can finish in last place three of the past four years, yet win the whole thing in the other.

The biggest loser is the diehard Boston Red Sox fan. "Let's go, Cardinals."

Paul Murphy

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