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        <title><![CDATA[CC Sabathia’s stunning weight loss causes Mike Francesa rant]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike Francesa is unamused by CC Sabathia&#8217;s stunning weight loss that has been the talk of Yankees fans.</p><p>&#8220;Everyone getting crazy about Sabathia losing weight, alright Sabathia lost weight &#8212; it doesn&#8217;t mean he could pitch better,&#8221; the WFAN blowhard said on his daily show, lamenting that it doesn&#8217;t take much to make sports headlines these days.</p><p>In the 55-second clip shared by his <strong>Twitter chronicler</strong>, @BackAftaThis, Francesa then explained that tall pitchers like the 6-foot-6 Sabathia often struggle after losing so much weight.</p><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Francesa weighs in on CC Sabathia&#39;s weight loss. <strong>pic.twitter.com/dhOIAuuEXF</strong></p><p>&mdash; Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) <a href="https://twitter.com/BackAftaThis/status/1260366992416092160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p>&#8220;Do you think because he lost weight at this age it now breathes life into a left arm that was done?&#8221; Francesa said of the 39-year-old future Hall of Famer, who weighed 300 pounds during his playing days. &#8220;Does it make him a pitching prospect? No it doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p><p>Sabathia, who is looking stronger than ever, won&#8217;t be a pitching prospect regardless <strong>because he retired at the end of last season.</strong></p><figure id="attachment_15651355"  class="wp-caption alignnone aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/cc-sabathia-in-august-2019-and-the-former-yankees-pitcher-in-may-2020..jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/cc-sabathia-in-august-2019-and-the-former-yankees-pitcher-in-may-2020..jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/cc-sabathia-in-august-2019-and-the-former-yankees-pitcher-in-may-2020..jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>CC Sabathia in August 2019 and the former Yankees pitcher in May 2020.</span><span class="credit">Paul J. Bereswill, Twitter</span></figcaption></figure><p>It is unknown exactly how much weight Sabathia lost. A photo showing him showing off his new physique <strong>went viral late Monday.</strong></p><p>“Not Photoshopped,” YES network broadcaster Ryan Ruocco wrote on Twitter. “The big fella has been getting after it during quarantine!”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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