A Royal Celebration

You could have stuck a fork in the 66-70 Brewers ages ago; this season was lost before the 'Back to School' ads went to print. No matter. I'm used to it, and I always have the Yanks.

But one bright spot of the year is the continued brilliance of first baseman Prince Fielder. He took the Home Run Derby trophy in July. He's been among the league leaders in home runs and RBI's all season, and this is his third consecutive year of at least 30 HR's/100 RBI.

Best of all, he's been the centerpiece of some original celebrations.

First there was the mock fisticuffs with Ryan Braun after every home run.



I thought that was cool. But today, after blasting a walk-off home run in the 12th inning, a masterpiece: Prince approached the plate, which was surrounded by his ecstatic teammates. He jumped in the air and touched home. As he did, his teammates fell to the ground from the 'quake' before getting up to congratulate him.

They were 'bowled over' by his deed.



Old School? No, it's not, I'll grant you that. Poor sportsmanship? No, there's no disrespect intended to the other team. Vastly more appropriate if it was being done by a team at or over .500, and in a pennant race?

Sigh. Yeah. There is that.

note: after tonight Prince is hitting .298/37/123, with a .411 OBP and .591 slugging in 136 games.