Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Middle Vegan Relief


Pat Neshek, the young sidearm/submarine pitcher for the Twins, announced that he's adopted a vegan diet and a new workout regimen. He thinks it will give him more stamina over the long season.

I have been plumbing the depths my musty memory to come up with the name of the Minnesota North Star hockey player who stopped eating red meat. It was in 1982, I think (the year after the North Stars went to the Stanley Cup finals). I recall that he faded badly and his coaches and teammates were angry because they were sure his goofy no-meat diet was to blame. Who was that player?

Anyway, I hope Neshek's new diet is a smashing success and becomes the next big thing in major league clubhouses and training rooms. No syringes or underworld liaisons needed.



3 comments:

  1. Have you seen this? (I'm sure you could come up with a much betterpoem.)
    http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/12/mlb-poetry-preview-minnesota-twins/

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  2. Greg:

    That one is kind of a snooze, even though I like some other stuff by Sooze.

    Joe Posnanski did a haiku preview for every team in the AL Central, and Joe is hard to beat. I might just try, though!

    Thanks for the link.

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  3. Prince Fielder recently went vegetarian, and I've gotta think that's going to be no end of help to his health and his game (if done correctly, of course--a "junk food vegetarian" isn't going to be any healthier than a "junk food omnivore"). Good to see these guys looking for and working hard at solutions that are legal and benefit their long-term health, not just their next game.

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