Published Feb. 14, 2020 on Sports Illustrated
MIAMI BEACH — David Baker is taller than the door. No, this is not an optical illusion, though the white pinstripes on his massive black suit play tricks on the eyes, somehow making his 6' 9", 400-pound frame seem even larger. He knocks unnaturally high up on the door frame, just a few inches from the top, making a regular-sized hotel-room door look fun-sized.
When Baker walked through the Loews Hotel during Super Bowl Week in Miami, fans who recognized him took to shouting their hotel room numbers in his direction, jokingly hoping they might get the knock on the door that means they are a Hall of Famer. Hey, room 1624! Room 1532!
“Now when I go get my food at Wendy's, I go in and the lady goes, ‘Hey am I going into the Hall of Fame?’” Baker says.