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    Paul Sullivan: Lamenting the decline of the vanishing breed of portly pitchers

    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune May 05, 2018 4 minutes

    ST. LOUIS - There are two things everyone loves to watch in a baseball game - position players pitching in blowouts and heavy pitchers in general.

    The Giants treated their fans to a combo platter last week, using portly third baseman Pablo Sandoval, aka "Kung Fu Panda," in relief during a blowout loss to the Dodgers.

    Sandoval threw five curveballs in a 1-2-3 inning and his "fastball" was clocked as high as 88 mph.

    When someone asked where he learned to throw a curve, Sandoval replied: "You don't learn that. You're born with it."

    Few organizations are as

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