Giants Official Rips Pablo Sandoval For Eating Habits In San Francisco
BOSTON (CBS) -- Weeks after Pablo Sandoval endured a torrent of criticism over his poor diet and questionable eating habits, an anonymous Giants official served up a fresh attack as the Red Sox stopped in San Francisco for a quick two-game set with Sandoval's former team.
Portraying the Red Sox third baseman as a disgraced former hero in San Francisco, the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo spoke with an unnamed member of the Giants organization, who ripped Sandoval's apparent problems with overeating. In what almost feels like a favor to Sandoval, Cafardo described Sandoval's diet as his "eating prowess" and buried the most salacious detail of the story near the bottom.
"His ex-wife would have full meals for him after every home game," said the Giants official. "Pablo would claim they didn't feed the players after the game, but they certainly did. His wife thought he was starving so he'd get this huge meal." According to Cafardo, the 'huge meal' would often be not one, but two large pizzas.
The story says Giants fans "looked the other way" with Sandoval's issues because he "flipped the switch" once the postseason arrived. In 2012, Sandoval earned World Series MVP honors with a .500 batting average and three home runs, then set a new postseason record with 26 hits in 2014 as the Giants won another World Series.
Red Sox fans may have been willing to look the other way had the team reached the postseason with Sandoval healthy, but the third baseman is expected to miss the rest of the 2016 season after undergoing shoulder surgery and his future with the Red Sox could be in doubt.
