Get out of his way, or Sale will eat you!

But what really left teammates in awe of Sale was his performance on a charter flight to California. In a four-hour masterpiece, Sale packed two ice cream sundaes and, by one teammate’s estimate, around 30 bags of potato chips into one of the skinniest bodies the sport has ever seen.

“I may or may not have done that,” Sale said.

Sale is one of baseball’s most promising young pitchers, a dazzling left-hander coming off an All-Star season in 2012. ...