It’s probably been five or six years since I last polished off an entire 16′ pizza in one sitting by my lonesome. I likely washed it down with a pop and iced team, but I’m not certain. Since then, I get the occasional 8-10 incher when I dine on pizza solo.

That being said, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to down two 16[ zas and a six pack of Hires root beer in a 45-minute period. Is anyone willing to put money down against me doing it?

I bring up this mini challenge after I read about Yankee infielder, Jazz Chisholm’s claim that he is going to reach 50/50 this season. For the record, I like Jazz and have followed his career since his time at Kane County, but I wonder about this boast. In his ML career, he’s only exceeded 20 homers twice (24 in 2024 and 31 in ’25) and coupled that with 40 steals in ’24 and 31 in ’25. While a jump from 31/31 to 50/50 isn’t impossible. Shohei Ohtani hit 44/20 the season before he reached 54/59, but that jump could be explained by the 24 more games he played that season.

Off the top of my head, the last unusual jump in homers was during the steroid (supposed) era when Brady Anderson and Luis Gonzalez surpassed the 50-homer mark. Anderson experienced an immediate power surge when he went from 16 homers to 50 and Gonzalez jumped from 31 to 57. Everyone with a pulse questions the process 30 years later.

For the record, I’m not embarking on a pizza binge anytime in the near future. Maybe a better analogy would be a straight C student, going straight to straight A’s.