Double-Doubles A Hit With Triple-A Ballplayer

A few seasons ago, the Padres told minor-league outfielder Drew Macias that he needed to bulk up — and fast.

“Basically I was on a regimen where I had to eat every three hours,” Macias told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “I remember the first couple of weeks, I felt like throwing up every time I’d eat, because I was like, ‘I don’t want to eat anymore.’

“I was brought up to believe: Don’t eat because you’re bored. But I had to just eat. Every time I walked by an ice cream store, I’d eat. Every time I walked by In-N-Out, I’d eat a burger.”

Luckily for Macias, there’s an In-N-Out right near the entrance to the Padres’ spring training facilities in Peoria, Ariz. Could Double-Doubles be to the 26-year-old outfielder what spinach is to Popeye? Well, he’s hit two home runs so far this month, and one of them was a 410-foot shot off Baseball America‘s No. 10 overall prospect, Rangers pitcher Neftali Perez.

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Diddy Loves In-N-Out

On Monday, Diddy tweeted that at midnight he would begin a 48-hour spiritual fast, and he invited his Twitter followers to join in. Shortly before 9 p.m., he admitted, “This is not gonna be easy for me, because I love cheeseburgers.”

Before long, with the fast just a few hours away, the rap mogul indulged in a few of his favorite foods (see screen capture above).

Brian Williams, Conan O’Brien Love In-N-Out

With Conan O’Brien about to move West to take over “The Tonight Show,” frequent “Late Night” guest Brian Williams dropped in to say goodbye last night. When the “NBC Nightly News” anchor jokingly turned down Conan’s invitation to appear on the new show, their conversation led down a path that revealed a shared love of In-N-Out:

Conan O’Brien: I will lure you with something that I know you love: You love fast food. I know that about you, and Los Angeles has some of the best fast food in the world.

Brian Williams: Fantastic. Just start at LAX, which is where all things start. … On Sepulveda, right outside the airport grounds, you’ve got the In-N-Out Burger, which is just …

(Applause cuts him off)

O’Brien: That’s the entire reason for my move to Los Angeles, the In-N-Out Burger.

Williams: It’s the Lutèce, it’s the 21 of fast food. I like to ram two of those down right before the redeye.

O’Brien: That’s a peaceful sleep. That’s better than an Ambien, two of those.

Williams: It’s a nice feeling — let that beef fat get in there and then get in your pores and share as much as possible with your seatmate.