When the Giants Come to Town, It's Bye-Bye Baby

05.02.2008
Brian Wilson's Huevos

Wilson's aren't nearly as nice as these, I assume

Good God, the Giants closer eats 60 eggs a week, thanks to his daily 8–egg-white omelet. (What does he do with the yolks, throw them out? What a waste. Is there something we can do with all the yolks left behind by egg-white omelets?) 

This photo essay has the scoop on Wilson’s diet as well as the inside of his fridge. He cooks for himself as much as he can, no doubt a rarity in his line of work. He also says he drinks up to 120 ounces of water a day. Yikes. He needs to know about hyponatremia.

The piece ends with this quote: “There is no junk food in my diet. For me to have a candy bar would kind of ruin things throughout my day. After 3 months of really dieting you can tell what foods aren't good for you. I had McDonalds just to see what it’s like and I went down sick the rest of the day."

I’m lovin’ it.

(Link tip from fanofvanlandingham on McCovey Chronicles.) 

Other baseball/food stories of recent and vintage note:

* Prince Fielder is a vegetarian.
* Yankees manager Joe Girardi has banned junk food from the clubhouse.
* Carlos Zambrano is a caffeine addict. How often do you get to hear Lou Piniella discuss potassium levels?
* Superstitious Wade Boggs had to eat chicken before games.
* Rockies shortstop Clint Barmes — who is taking over for Troy Tulowitzki now that Tulowitzki is out for at least half a year with a torn leg tendon — ruined his promising rookie year when he fell down stairs trying to carry deer meat from Todd Helton and broke his collarbone.
* There is a Japanese restaurant in Seattle called Ichiro Teriyaki. Not sure if there’s any connection.

Have I missed any good stories? Let us know. Or discuss this weekend’s series with Philadelphia, a great food town. If you have the roast pork and greens sandwich at DiNic’s in the Reading Terminal Market, you’ll have a hard time going back to cheesesteaks.

Photo courtesy of fdecomite’s flickr collection.
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[May 2, 2008 4:36 PM]  |  link  |  reply
#99 said

ELM,

I came across a supposedly common baseball superstition on wikipedia of 'Chewing only three wads of gum per game'. Have you every heard of this? This sounds made up to me. If it's true, that might explain my generally awful ability at baseball as I would often go through huge amounts of gum during a game.

[May 2, 2008 5:55 PM]  |  link  |  reply
ELM replied to #99

I've never heard this superstition.

We could do a whole 'nother thread on things baseball players chew. Allegedly when Lenny Dykstra played, opposing center fielders hated taking the field because of the disgusting mess he left from his tobacco.

[May 2, 2008 5:27 PM]  |  link  |  reply
bigO said

We give the yokes to our dogs.

My daughter took an EMO egg I got her to school on Monday for show and tell (it was BIG and green).

Rod Carew used to stretch his gum around his chew and make a big wad to put in his cheek. He felt it stretched his eye open so he could see the ball better.

[May 2, 2008 6:01 PM]  |  link  |  reply
ELM replied to bigO

Emu?

[May 2, 2008 5:59 PM]  |  link  |  reply
the gene hackman said

heyya lefty
i've noticed you use a lot of photos from flickr for your posts. do you post any of your own photography there?
just curious.

[May 3, 2008 12:28 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Anonymous replied to the gene hackman

I do, but nothing related to baseball. I use others' photos under the Creative Commons license, which allows re-use, and in commercial settings in some circumstances. If you do a search on flickr and go to "advanced" you'll see the options.

[May 3, 2008 12:29 PM]  |  link  |  reply
ELM replied to

Oops. That response was from me, not from "anonymous."

[May 2, 2008 6:29 PM]  |  link  |  reply
obsessivegiantscompulsive said

I feel kind of sluggish WITHOUT my candy bar.

3 wads? Many ballplayers love stuffing their face full of gum (replacing the chewing tobacco players used to stuff their face with).

Speaking of his roomie, I wonder how Frandsen is doing and where he is doing it, does he stay home, can he stay at the ballpark like he was playing. It must be killing him, the opportunity of a lifetime and his body betrays him.

[May 3, 2008 12:07 AM]  |  link  |  reply
Jim E said

you jinxed him, meat.

[May 3, 2008 12:00 PM]  |  link  |  reply
bigO said

yeah - EMU. . . (I have a friend named EMO).

did you jinx BW?

[May 3, 2008 12:29 PM]  |  link  |  reply
ELM replied to bigO

Bah. Gamers don't get jinxed.

[May 3, 2008 12:32 PM]  |  link  |  reply
bigO said

rotten egg perhaps then

[May 6, 2008 12:25 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Giants Dwarf said

I have been drinking 1 to 2 gallons of water a day since I was 16. Hyponatremia, is only a problem if you do not eat right, or more commonly not at all.

[May 6, 2008 7:13 PM]  |  link  |  reply
the gene hackman said

yeah the CC thing is great. I wasn't trying to say that you shouldn't use others photos, just trying to find out what your Flickr ID is. Mine is Matt Knoth.