Originally Posted by SDS

...you would not believe the number of people I have met who thought that playing league softball was going to take care of their personal obesity crisis no matter what they ate because they were doing an "athletic sport." Almost 50% of the people are standing on the sideline, only three people (pitcher, catcher, hitter) are doing anything at all, and they figure, hey, they're going to lose some weight because some sports commentator told them baseball/softball players are athletes.....