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Jason Hammel stumps for potato chips as a performance enhancer
- Updated: July 20, 2016
4:24 PM ET
CHICAGO — Now Jason Hammel can go nuts with the Utz.
One of the little ironies of our celebrity-fueled culture is that the free stuff is often bestowed upon those who need it the least. If you’re a matinee idol, you’ll score a gift bag at Oscars time, full of high-dollar freebies like exotic vacations, jewelry and watches. And if you’re a baseball player, you get a big box of potato chips.
The other day, Hammel talked of some offbeat doctor’s orders: Eat chips. The comment was kind of a joke, but the sentiment was not. Hammel was having issues cramping in the heat, and among the remedies are the salt and potassium contained within your everyday bag of potato chips.
As it happens, somebody with Utz Quality Foods caught wind of …
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