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Opening Day fluff and shameless objectification! Cosmo has a 10 Reasons to Watch Baseball (i.e. 10 hot ballplayers) thing up on their site. I know, I know. Cosmo. But their choices are fucking weird, so I am sharing. You can go to their site to see the player photos they chose, but they're mostly boring game photos, so I've got different images under the cut.
1. Alex Rios
Really? I mean... he's cute. But if I'm making a list of the 10 hottest guys in baseball, he's probably not on it, you know?
2. Jason Varitek
IDK, maybe 5 years ago he makes this list, but today?
3. David Wright
Correct.
4. Curtis Granderson
My faith in this list is renewed by Curtis' inclusion, I will admit it.
5. Manny Ramirez
Uhhhhhh. Look, I love Manny and all, um... cute I can see, but hot?
6. Alex Rodriguez
I guess I can see the appeal. Theoretically. It ain't for me, but whatever.
7. Grady Sizemore
This is a proper choice.
8. Derek Jeter
I feel like, as with 'Tek, this would have been a more valid choice 5 years ago. Maybe some Yankee fan who is more personally invested in Derek Jeter's hotness can explain otherwise, but that haircut has just been getting less and less OK-looking the older he gets.
9. Jacoby Ellsbury
No shit, Sherlock.
10. Derrek Lee
Word.
So those were some obviously correct options, and some totally bizarre ones. You may also note that they completely ignored pitchers, which I thought was a little weird.
Who, in your opinion, are the major omissions? I've got Rich Harden, Johan Santana, Torii Hunter, Tim Hudson, Jarrod Saltalamacchia (not that I would expect Cosmo to know who he is, but you guys know), Kenji Johjima, Mike Lowell, and Jose Reyes, but I know there are more.
1. Alex Rios
Really? I mean... he's cute. But if I'm making a list of the 10 hottest guys in baseball, he's probably not on it, you know?
2. Jason Varitek
IDK, maybe 5 years ago he makes this list, but today?
3. David Wright
Correct.
4. Curtis Granderson
My faith in this list is renewed by Curtis' inclusion, I will admit it.
5. Manny Ramirez
Uhhhhhh. Look, I love Manny and all, um... cute I can see, but hot?
6. Alex Rodriguez
I guess I can see the appeal. Theoretically. It ain't for me, but whatever.
7. Grady Sizemore
This is a proper choice.
8. Derek Jeter
I feel like, as with 'Tek, this would have been a more valid choice 5 years ago. Maybe some Yankee fan who is more personally invested in Derek Jeter's hotness can explain otherwise, but that haircut has just been getting less and less OK-looking the older he gets.
9. Jacoby Ellsbury
No shit, Sherlock.
10. Derrek Lee
Word.
So those were some obviously correct options, and some totally bizarre ones. You may also note that they completely ignored pitchers, which I thought was a little weird.
Who, in your opinion, are the major omissions? I've got Rich Harden, Johan Santana, Torii Hunter, Tim Hudson, Jarrod Saltalamacchia (not that I would expect Cosmo to know who he is, but you guys know), Kenji Johjima, Mike Lowell, and Jose Reyes, but I know there are more.