the thing about sidney crosby is that he's not really short. he's not TALL, but he's taller than the average male height. and he's not otherwise small either, obviously, he's built like a fucking maytag washing machine. he's got the body of a roblox character. low center of gravity, hard to knock over, etc. he is, i would say, a big guy. he has a big presence, and he's taller than average, and he's wide.
but you put him next to ONE other man and suddenly he's arrietty. he eats his breakfast (one single froot loop) out of a thimble and must be carried in the breast pocket of a teammate's suit from game to game. when he's on the ice they replace the puck with a monopoly token just for him. his favourite is the battleship