Artie Lange -- Baseball Is Very Good to Fat People

Artie Lange believes baseball might be the most fat-friendly sport on the planet ... claiming the MLB is the only place on Earth where an "enormous fat guy" like NY Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia can make $25 million a year as an athlete.

Lange was talkin' baseball in the Big Apple last night, when told us, "I'm not one to talk, but [CC] has got to stay away from the Captain Crunch cereal."