Panda advises kids to get fit

[Auggie]

May 27, 2010 / San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nicknamed after a pudgy animated panda, Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval kicked off a campaign Wednesday to promote physical fitness to schoolchildren.

Yep, insert joke here.

Sandoval, the 260-pound or so ballplayer, has taken heat for his girth in recent months and might seem an unlikely choice to preach the gospel of healthy living.

Yet, there's no arguing that the chunky 23-year-old can field a screaming grounder on a bad hop for an out or hit a baseball going 90 mph over a fence 400 feet away.

MORE: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/27/MNGL1DKRSQ.DTL

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[TZ]

1. LOL

Is he going to recruit CC Sabathia to help him in his campaign? :evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

2. Panda?? He's the one on the right in this picture...

:D

[Kingofalldems]

3. Boohahahaha!

BTW, Who was the guy playing ss last night?

"Never put the fat guy at shortstop."---Unknown

[Auggie]

4. Juan Uribe

He leads the team in RBIs

[hughee99]

5. So it's like the "scared straight" thing that prisoners do with kids? n/t

[Onceuponalife]

6. Then Bengie Molina will advise the kids on base stealing techniques

:rofl:

[Auggie]

8. Good!

[Capt. America]

7. A-Wad advises kids to stay off of roids.