Extreme Weight Loss kicks off its new season with an aspiring pro baseball player attempting to shed hundreds of pounds.
In the new season of ABC's Extreme Weight Loss, personal trainer Chris Powell promises a series of firsts in the series -- among them a person deciding to quit the show, as well as bringing in doctors to assist desperate weight-loss seekers. In this sneak peek preview, viewers are also introduced to an aspiring baseball player trying to shed pounds so he has a chance at making it in the pros.
"All the major league teams, they know who he is -- but nobody will take him because he can't even run the bases," Chris says about 19-year-old Ty -- a 6-foot-4 slugger with a wicked swing, but remains about 300 pounds overweight.
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"I broke the high school consecutive home run record -- I swung this bat and hit 10 consecutive HRs in front of more scouts and more players than I've ever seen in my life. But after I stopped swinging, everyone disappeared," Ty said.
When Chris and the Extreme Makeover team step in to help, Ty is thrilled -- until he has to strip down and get on the scale to get the actual weight number -- 480 pounds. "I didn't know, I really did not know I weighed that much -- it was embarrassing," Ty said.
Watch the video for more and you can catch the launch of the new season of Extreme Weight Loss tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC.
