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Vegetarian Wins Home Run Derby
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Not that I had any doubt in Prince. After all, this vegetarian is the youngest player in history to hit 50 homers in a season.
Prince's ability to knock the socks off the crowd while knocking ball after ball out of the park got us thinking about the power of tofu and the rest of the derby participants. It's no secret that they could benefit if they followed in Prince's footsteps and made the switch to a vegetarian diet. Not only would they likely see an improvement in their health, they might see an improvement in their game, too—as Prince Fielder is home run–hitting proof. So, in the hopes of "beefing" up the competition for next year's derby, we are sending a copy of our "Vegetarian Starter Kit" to each of this year's sluggers. Hopefully, they'll learn that by dropping the ballpark franks and picking up veggie dogs, they'll be hitting a grand slam for baseball fans and animals.
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Posted by: s.chandrashekar | July 15, 2009 06:40 AM
This just goes to show that not all vegans and vegetarians are pale, skinny teenagers who seem to live off of doughnuts and coca-cola!!
Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | July 15, 2009 05:05 PM
Glad to see that I'm not the only hefty vegetarian in the world.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | July 15, 2009 09:19 PM
Is it true that Prince is a vegitarian? I never heard that before, but hey whatever floats your boat I guess.
I have always like Prince, he seems like a nice guy. I think his hitting ability, however, comes from his genes and not the fact that he is a vegitarian. His father, Cecil, was a power hitter as well and I'm sure he taught Prince how to swing a bat. If Cecil was also a vegitarian, then I will give you credit.
For every vegitarian power hitter there are 100 non-vegitarian power hitters. Think about Babe Ruth, he lived off hot dogs and beer and he hit 714 homers. Hank Arron, Micky Mantle, Albert Pujols and Willie Mayes to name a few. Were or are any of these guys vegitarians? Them seemed to know how to hit a ball as well.
Posted by: Kurt K | July 16, 2009 10:12 AM
Kurt,
His hitting ability probably does have something to do with his genes (that and desire and practice). Nonetheless, being vegetarian or vegan certainly doesn't hinder anyone's performance in athletics.
I would say that in endurance sports, having the cleaner arteries of a veghead is a definite plus.
There have been, and are, scores of successful veg athletes.
Posted by: Mike Quinoa | July 16, 2009 09:50 PM
Mike,
That may be true, however there are thousands upon thousands of non-veghead athletes that compete at a very high level as well. When the best athletes in every major sport start going vegan, I may listen up. However, the overwhelmeing majority today are not vegan or vegitarian. They are your run of the mill meat eaters.
I would also venture a guess that there are plenty of terrible athletes who are vegan or vegitarian as well.
Posted by: Kurt K | July 23, 2009 11:32 AM