People are crazy! Lol, I had no idea people were mad at CC Sabathia for losing weight. That’s crazy to me. Last month fans were shocked to see a slimmed down CC. He recently posted another pic on his Instagram account from hanging out at a Knicks game and some were saying he looked “gaunte.” Well Sabathia now explains why he lost the weight and responds to critics.
Check it out…
Via ESPN:
…Sabathia — who once weighed 315 but now tips the scale at 275 — says just the opposite is true, that his weight loss has made him healthier and, he hopes, better than he was last year, when he struggled to a 14-13 record and career-high 4.78 ERA.
“During the offseason, I decided to lose the weight to be around my family, be around my kids,” he said. “I had a cousin pass away that was pretty young from heart disease, so it was just really about that.”
The death of Demetrius Davis from heart disease at 45 two Decembers ago made an impact on Sabathia’s lifestyle, to the point that his face and body now look transformed, a transformation that has had a surprising effect on a lot of Yankees fans.
“Everybody was like mad at me and stuff,” Sabathia said of the online fan reaction. “I didn’t think people would care that much. But whatever. I thought it was hilarious.”
Sabathia said he lost the weight through a combination of cutting out carbohydrates and increasing the intensity of his workouts. But he acknowledged that the rapid weight loss (he dropped 30 of the 40 pounds before last season) may have contributed to his subpar 2013 season, when his fastball — which once averaged more than 94 mph — dropped to about 91 mph.
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