Phil Mickelson's second Masters victory on Sunday was impressive, but we have a feeling that Phil's green jacket might be a little...wider than his last. So in honor of those sports figures who are heroes to couch potatoes everywhere, here are our top 10 favorite extra-large athletes.
10) Yokozuna: Every kid who still has memories of the Million Dollar Man and Brett the Hit-Man Hart will surely remember the 500 lb. sumo-wrestler-turned-WWF-superstar.
9) Cecil Fielder: The Babe's heir, perhaps not in stats but at least in girth. Bill James once referred to Fielder as "a fat guy that hit a few runs for a while."
8) John Daly: Golf already has enough problems legitimizing itself as a real sport without Daly, who credits his success to his girth, weighing it down (pun intended).
7) William Perry: The Fridge. What more can be said of the former Bears' defensive lineman, except that perhaps his eyes were bigger than his stomach when he attempted to become the World Hot Dog Eating Champion.
6) John Kruk: The stout catcher for Philadelphia used to sneak bites of his Philly cheese steak in between calling games.
5) William Howard Taft: The 27th President of the United States may not have been an athlete, but at close to 340 pounds after leaving office, he probably could have wrestled a grizzly bear and won. As it was, the "man's man" reputation went to Taft's predecessor Teddy Roosevelt, easily the puniest-looking president of the 20th century after Wilson (who had a stroke).
4) Glen Davis: LSU's Big Baby led his team to an improbable Final Four run this year, but fell apart in the big game, truly earning the nickname after his crybaby antics against UCLA.
3) Charles Barkley: The Round Mound of Rebound was an indomitable force on the basketball court, and one of the games best (and biggest).
2) Mo Vaughn: The husky former Red Sox hitter won the MVP in 1998, a season marked by his amazing on-field performance and his impressive off-field accomplishment of eating an entire buffet at the Outback Steakhouse by himself.
1) Babe Ruth: The Colossus of Clout may have waddled around the bases, but when you're hitting home runs, you can afford to take time rounding home.
