As we know[now], that's not true,” Marjama says.
I have had family members struggle with this,'” Marjama says.
Marjama says his issues with disordered eating started
when he was 12 years old.
For Marjama, 28, becoming an ambassador for NEDA marks a full circle
in his life.
As an adolescent in California, Marjama developed anorexia and bulimia for five years before undergoing inpatient treatment.
But after playing in only 15 games from 2017-2018, Marjama abruptly announced his retirement from baseball last Monday,
seemingly throwing his dreams away.
Things got worse when Marjama's friend encouraged him to join their junior high school's wrestling team,
where he learned tactics to cut weight.
In a letter that he tweeted out last week, Marjama said that he had decided to accept a role
as an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association(NEDA).
Like many aspiring professional baseball players, Mike Marjama hustled hard on the minor league baseball
circuit for seven years before finally landing his dream job as a Major League Baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners.