The 10 funniest moments of Prince Fielder's career
With Prince Fielder's MLB career more than likely coming to an end Wednesday afternoon, we're faced with a solemn situation.
Fielder, a fan favorite around the league for his being a large, affably clumsy man who can hit baseballs into space, has been plagued by chronic neck problems, and ended his 2016 campaign in July to have surgery on a herniated disc.
His likely retirement will leave a crater of entertainment in Major League Baseball that will not be easy to fill. But all good things must come to an end, and if it is, indeed, Fielder's last hours as a pro ballplayer, we'd like to wish him well and thank him for all the times he made us laugh.
With that said, these are the most brilliant moments of accidental and purposeful comedy of Fielder's MLB career:
10. Rounding third is hard
Rounding third base is an art form not unlike jazz or watercoloring. And in this discipline, Prince Fielder is the artist who flings paint at canvas.
9. Nacho Nachos
Prince Fielder's annexation of a fan's nachos has yet to be recognized as a legitimate use of power by the United Nations.
8. The weirdest tag
After hitting a hopper to first, Lorenzo Cain eventually accepted Fielder's invitation to tag himself out. Baseball historians maintain it is the most immaculate tag ever applied.
7. Gatorade: the finest perfume
Fielder's reaction to getting an ice-cold Gatorade bath in June?
6. Fielder fielding a hug
Rougned Odor, famed puncher of punchable faces, showed his softer side when he accidentally embraced Prince Fielder in a warm hug after the two fall onto a tarp trying to snag a foul ball in June.
5. Overrunning the competition
Momentum is huge.
4. Prince's positive body image
After being told he has the same body frame as Pablo Sandoval in 2015, Prince Fielder issued a statement of support and defiance for jolly baseball men everywhere.
"Does Pablo look like me?" Fielder shouted at a teammate. "Does Pablo look like me?"
The teammate responded "No."
Fielder ended it with another truth missile:
"My contract is good, my team loves me. I don't give a [expletive] what I weigh."
3. Barrel rolling for joy
Everyone celebrates their own way. Prince grew up learning from the wisest space rabbit you've ever known.
2. The Walk-off explosion
They were accused of defying the sanctity of baseball, but Prince Fielder and the Milwaukee Brewers were, in fact, paying homage to the baseball gods in the only way they knew how after Fielder's walk-off home run against the Giants in 2009.
Scientists in Palo Alto are still measuring seismic activity from Fielder's third base belly flop at Game 6 of the 2013 ALCS.
Dan is on Twitter. Go with God, Prince.
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