NOT A FAT CHANCE
"Another Lefty Gomez story: when he first joined the New York Yankees, some friends told him:
'If you could add ten pounds to your skinny frame you'd make them forget Chesbro.'
Lefty went out and ate all the food in sight that winter. He put on ten pounds, but the added weight hampered instead of helped him. He wound up with an eleven and fifteen record.
'Forget Chesbro!' snorted Gomez. 'I almost made them forget Gomez!'"
-Al Abrams in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Baseball Digest, February 1950)
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