‘It eats me up:’ A slimmed down Crowe works for another chance

BRADENTON, Fla. -- It wasn't until Halloween that Wil Crowe had seen how bad he looked.

It was his one-year-old son Koa's first real Halloween, and Crowe and his wife, Hil, were dressed as Mickey and Minnie with their little one, Goofy. The family photos were adorable, but looking at them, Crowe saw what his body had been trying to tell him.

He was too heavy.

Crowe has always heard about his weight. At 6'2", his listed 245 pounds was a point of concern for the Nationals, who had him weigh in often. In doing so, his focus sometimes shifted to the scale rather than getting hitters out. With the Pirates, he performed for five months in his first turn as a reliever, but his season ended on an ugly…