Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote a nice article on Ryan Howard. You can view the full article here. Below are a few excerpts.

Ryan Howard was still Ryan Howard when the cameras rolled.

He chided his co-star, cracked up the room with clubhouse yarns. He strayed comfortably and creatively from the script. That two-handed point and wink at the start of the commercial? All his. The casual swing as he says the sandwich fills him up so he “can hit the long ball”? Ad-libbed.

“He’s under such a microscope with people wondering if he can repeat, if he can hit more home runs,'’ said co-star Jared Fogle. “And he’s this likable person with this personality that leaps off the screen at you. He’s a real natural.”

“Yes, Jared Fogle is that Jared. Subway’s Jared.

And in 24 months, Philadelphia first baseman Ryan Howard has gone from rookie sensation to starring in a commercial with Subway’s Jared.