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NextImg:Fawned-over larger-than-life sports figures fall apart under the microscope

Aside from preferring some relish mixed into my tuna salad, I’m not that difficult to please. And so the past few days, loaded with Who Knew? revelations and factually antithetical news, were mind-bending.

For example, until last week I had no idea that CC Sabathia was an “All-time Yankee great.”

I knew he was a good, Bobblehead Night-worthy pitcher for three teams, and that he grew so fat that he couldn’t field his position, and was something of a civil slob as he casually and frequently spoke unprintable vulgarities in public.

But in the past week, it was hard to read or hear a testimonial to Hall of Fame-bound Sabathia that didn’t include an extra scoop of pudding.