Usually when a veteran athlete retires, they begin to discover some of the finer things in life such as the dessert tray — the whole tray.
Not Alfonso Soriano.
The former Cubs and Yankees star is three years removed from baseball and looks better than ever.
During the Cubs-Rays game on Tuesday in Tampa, TV cameras caught a glimpse of the ripped Soriano in the stands, taking in a game with his family.
Cubs announcers Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies were as surprised as anyone at how muscular Soriano had become.
Deshaies: “Looks like he’s been in the gym.”
Kasper: “Yeah, he said he sees Lou Piniella a couple of times a week in his gym.”
Deshaies: “It looks like he makes a hobby out of carrying refrigerators around.”
#SorisHere #theGOAT pic.twitter.com/IQwShPv2Pw
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) September 19, 2017
Listed at 6-1, 195 pounds during his playing days, Soriano would never be confused with the big power guys of his era, still he belted 412 career home runs during his 16-year career.
Twitterverse jumped all over Soriano’s new Popeye look:
@Cubs dude! Soriano is jacked! pic.twitter.com/h5SNzdkKfP
— Eric ™︎ (@EricMcClan) September 20, 2017
Alfonso Soriano did the reverse Bonds. pic.twitter.com/7gwIuaQQWI
— Tim Baffoe (@TimBaffoe) September 20, 2017
Woah! Alfonso Soriano had a double arm replacement and chose Python. Good god man! @Cubs #Yoked
— Ben Hecke (@BDHecke) September 20, 2017