Padres pitcher credits Wii Fit with helping his weight loss

Forget about steroids or any other performance-enhancing substances. The way to improve your baseball game is by playing the Nintendo Wii.

San Diego Padres pitcher Heath Bell considered himself to be in pretty good shape, after all, he’s a professional athlete. But when he stepped onto the Wii Fit Balance Board, the game informed him his Mii was obese. Bell told the Wall Street Journal he wasn’t in it to lose weight. Instead, he said, “I wanted to make my character smaller.”