Background Checks

[greymule]

I see that some politicians are now considering enacting laws governing the weight of fashion models. You see, our astute legislators are aware that a model who's too skinny is a poor role model and will cause kids to starve themselves and lose self-esteem and become drug addicts, etc.

Maybe we umpires (even if we pass the background check) will be next on the "their-weight-is-a-bad-example-for-kids" agenda. I know I could lose some weight, as could quite number of guys I work with.

I even know one ump who the social engineers would say is too thin. In fact, he's about 75 now and has been a perfectly healthy skinny all his life. He was also a fine athlete. However, his body mass index is below 18, which is the cutoff someone suggested for models.