Cecil must not have picked up the tab

Most of you probably know that burly Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder does not get along with his burley ex-home run champ father Cecil Fielder.

Their relationship, or lack thereof, was well-documented in a Sports Illustrated article May 28 (also cataloged under “longest subhead in the history of journalism”).

The younger Fielder’s dislike is so extreme, he refuses to see his father even at Brewer games:

He (Cecil) also tried last summer to break the two-year silence that existed between him and Prince. After sitting in the stands at a Brewers-Braves game in Atlanta, Cecil and his wife and two kids lingered outside the visitors’ clubhouse, waiting for Prince. Cecil spotted Prince’s wife, Chanel, and their two children, Jadyn and Haven. It was the first time Cecil had seen his grandsons, whose names are tattooed on his left arm. But Cecil never saw Prince that night. A clubhouse attendant had notified Prince that his father was outside; minutes later a security guard asked Cecil to leave the area.

And, if you read the article, you’d be led to believe Prince’s hard feelings come from an ugly divorce, unpaid gambling debts, creditors coming to stadiums looking to track down his dad, etc. But big boy, Cecil did let you strike him out and then he took you to Mickey D’s right?

My dad would have hit the home run, stood there too long admiring it, then trotted around the bases extra slow.

And then have made me pay.

(Just kidding. Happy birthday Dad)

The Fynal Out: Finally, a win

For the reeling Tigers, things weren’t looking so good through 6.5 innings Monday night.

Just across the Midwest, the Indians were beating the Twins. And in the 5th back at Comerica, Devil Ray B.J. Upton hit a 3-run home run to put Tampa Bay 4-2.

That was, until, unlikely hero and crumbling by the minute 1st baseman Sean Casey got things going with a solo shot.

Casey’s dinger was followed by a Magglio Ordonez single and a Carlos Guillen triple, and when the inning was over, the Tigers added 4 runs on the board. With Todd Jones in the pen, that’s all you need.

Devil Rays 4, Tigers 6: Ordonez, Guillen and Omar Infante all went 3-for-4 for Detroit. Justin Verlander went 6 innings and gave up 4 earned runs, getting himself a shiny no decision. The Tigers are still a half-game back of the Indians, but lead the Wild Card race.

Red Sox 2, Angels 4: Curt Schilling limped off the DL and back to the mound, every limb bleeding, and went 6 innings more than his body was capable of. Unfortunately, Maicer Izturis hit the eventual game-winning home run in the 7th, giving Schill the loss. Haha. Sorry, we just hate him.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4: The Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming! We’re still holding onto our belief that N.Y. is going to catch Boston. Robinson Cano put the Yanks up for good with a 2-run double, topping off a 4-run 6th inning. The lead in the East is 6.

Nationals 2, Giants 3 (F/11): You’ll never guess what happened by the Bay. What’s that? Well, yea, actually that is what happened. Barry Bonds didn’t do anything, going 0-for-3. Hilariously, Bonds’ daughter had “Pitch to Dad” written on her face. Unfortunately, that’s not the problem dear. And I guess the Giants won.

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