Three Strikes: Pounds and pounds and …

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | Print Entry

Here at Three Strikes, we can't let an action-packed holiday weekend like this one pass without, well, weighing in on it. So here goes:

STRIKE ONE -- HEAVYWEIGHT DEPT.: Pound for pound, there can't possibly be a bigger trade this year than the deal that sent CC (Don't Call Me C.C.) Sabathia to the Brewers. And I mean that with every ounce of CC's being -- all 290 pounds of it.

According to the theoretically trustworthy scales of Sabathia's old team, the Indians, this man is the first 290-pound pitcher since the immortal Jumbo Brown, whose 295-pound scale deposit back in the 1920s, '30s and '40s made him (officially, at least) the heaviest pitcher in history.  
 

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  • Jayson Stark Jayson Stark

    Jayson Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com since 2000. His regular contributions include the newsy Rumblings and Grumblings column and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department.

    Stark also makes regular television appearances on "SportsCenter," "The Hot List" and "Baseball Tonight." He is a regular ESPN Radio guest of "Mike & Mike in the Morning" (Wednesdays), "GameNight" (Thursdays) and the "Sports Bash" (Tuesdays), as well as numerous other shows on the network.

    Before arriving at ESPN, Stark worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 21 years. He was twice named Pennsylvania's sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

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