Baseball Players Knock “Woke Doc” Outta Da Park!

A sanctimonious “expert” is attempting to “Doc-splain” to their lessers the need to change their summer collegiate baseball team name because it’s “unhealthy.” I guess this Doc forgot that college “kids” are a rambunctious bunch.

And not too keen on being told what to do (reformatted, emphasis mine):

‘Macon Bacon’ Silences Activist Doctor Who Demanded the Amateur Team Change Their Name

Macon Bacon isn’t going anywhere.

The Georgia-based collegiate summer league baseball team released a statement Thursday, after being sent a letter from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine stating they need to stop the “glorification of bacon.” The team made it very clear: “Bacon Yesterday. Bacon Today. Bacon Tomorrow.

“Bacon Forever.”

That is THE correct answer to these “everyones’ health IS our business!”.  Experts are helpful at times – when they stay in their lanes. But I was glad to see that this team crushed them for their unwanted preaching:

The letter, written by the nutrition education program manager Anna Herby, stated, “Macon Bacon’s glorification of bacon, a processed meat that raises the risk of colorectal cancer and other diseases, sends the wrong message to fans.”The letter added the team should “promote plant-based bacon alternatives” and said the team could instead be named “Macon Facon Bacon.”

…“As role models in the community, Macon Bacon should set a good example for fans and stop promoting bacon.”

“Facon” – Har-har… not.

These students are KIDS playing a sport – not role models. Just stuff a big glob of tofu in your mouth if that’s how you feel.

In addition, a wee bit of infantilization of the Macon Bacon’s fan base? As if THEY can’t decide for themselves? So NICE of you to be the Food Speech Police. Never knew that was your purpose – to be “Nanny Doctors”? Sure, tell your patients that if they’re a bit chubby, out of shape, yadda, yadda – but ONLY if you yourselves are practicing what yer preaching (“like docs and nurses walking their talk line with a cigarette between their fingers and paunches overhanging their belts with back boobs”).

Great retort.

“We just wanted to make it known that we’re not interested in changing our name for anybody because we are the Macon Bacon, and we are the team of the community here,” he said. The Macon Bacon are in the West Division of the Coastal Plain League, a wood-bat amateur summer league. To participate in the league as a player, you must have played at least one season of college baseball and still have at least one season of college eligibility left.

These docs are like those that spoke up at a school board meeting DEMANDING (and then threatening) that the school board immediately institute mandatory masks across the district instead of the more nuanced “if there’s a classroom/grade/school outbreak, we’ll do a point solution and enlarge if necessary.” The docs got enraged as they proclaimed their expertise and their self-righteousness of themselves.

I’m glad to report that the School Board didn’t cave – we are supposed to be governed by elected representatives and not a technocratic Elite (although the Biden Bureaucrats are doing exactly that).

I’m just hoping that the Macon Bacon is going to run a series of “Bacon Plates for a Buck” promotions – and send fliers to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Here’s the letter from the Doc to the Team.

Emphasis mine to point out the Woke:

June 1, 2023

Brandon Raphael
President
Macon Bacon
225 Willie Smokie Glover Drive
Macon, GA 31201
Dear Mr. Raphael:

Macon Bacon’s glorification of bacon, a processed meat that raises the risk of colorectal cancer and other diseases, sends the wrong message to fans. I urge you to update the team’s name to Macon Facon Bacon and promote plant-based bacon alternatives, such as Facon Bacon or Mushroom Bacon, that will help your fans stay healthy.1,2 As for Kevin, Macon Bacon’s mascot, he can reveal that he is actually plant-based bacon.

The World Health Organization has determined that consuming processed meat, such as bacon, increases the risk of colorectal cancer and has classified it as “carcinogenic to humans.”3 Just 50 grams of processed meat—a few slices of bacon—consumed daily increases colorectal cancer risk by 18%. The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research say that “there is strong evidence” that consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer.4

In 2023, there will be an estimated 4,880 new cases of colorectal cancer in Georgia and an estimated 1,640 deaths from colorectal cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.5

Colorectal cancer is striking Americans at a younger age, and processed meat, like bacon, plays a role. A study published by the American Cancer Society earlier this year found that the proportion of individuals with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer who were younger than 55 years old has almost doubled, from 11% in 1995 to 20% in 2019.6 The National Cancer Institute says, “There’s mounting evidence linking an unhealthy diet—in particular, one high in processed meat and fat, and low in fruits and vegetables—to early-onset colorectal cancer.”7

Research shows that eating 50 grams of processed meat daily also increases the risk of prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, and overall cancer mortality.8 Bacon and other processed meat are also linked to cardiovascular disease and death, according to a recent study that found people eating more than 150 grams of processed meat per week increased their risk of heart disease and death by 46% and 51%, respectively, when compared to those who did not eat processed meat.9