Vegetarian Star

What does it take to genetically engineer the perfect baseball player?

Bleacher Report attempted to reconstruct the ideal player using several athletes selling points.

Take Ken Griffy’s Jr.’s swing.

Add Carl Crawford’s speed.

Don’t forget Prince Fielder‘s power, maintained by not a ounce of animal flesh.

“Prince Fielder is the biggest, most powerful vegetarian I have ever laid eyes on. For his career he averages a homer every 14.8 at bats. At the age of 23 he was the youngest player in baseball history to ever hit 50 home runs in a season. Bottom line: This dude is powerful.”

Fielder  has his wife to thank for turning him vegetarian, after she picked up a copy of best selling book Skinny Bitch for homework.

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Ah, everybody remembers when they received their first letter from PETA asking “Why the hell are you wearing fur?”

Eva Mendes can still recall the year 2003 when she was approached by the group after wearing a fur shawl to the premier of “Stuck on You.”

“You’re an up-and-coming star, and a lot of people are looking at you,” the letter read. “We noticed you were wearing fur and we wanted to bring this to your attention.”

Not only did Eva stop wearing fur, she posed in one of PETA’s anti-fur campaigns and has changed her diet to “mostly vegetarian.”

As the group celebrates 30 years of activism, it’s comforting to know that although fur is being seen as a trend for the fall and winter of 2010 on fashion runways, people in the real world aren’t putting them in their closets.

The Province reports that U.S. mink imports were down 30% in 2009 versus 2008. Demand for alligator and crocodile hides used in handbags and boots dropped 40% worldwide from the first quarter of 2008 to the same quarter of 2009, according to the Associated Press. And last year, the New York Times reported that the U.S. alligator farming business is also on the decline.

Retailers like H&M and Overstock.com have stopped selling exotic skins and designers like Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein have also pledged to stop using fur in their designs.

To all the activists, PETA supporting or not, congratulations on a job well done and keep it up for the future!

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Janet Jackson dabbled into the acting world with Tyler Perry‘s “Why Did I Get Married Too?” and she’ll be once again taking to the screen in another one of Perry’s films, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.”

Growing up in Indiana, she never had the guts to get into acting in school and then her music career took off, leaving her with little time to pursue other interests until now.

Having already won a Grammy, she’s now ready to aim for an Oscar.

But which one does she prefer?

“That’s like asking if I’d rather have my vegan cookies or my soy milk. I want it all,” Jackson told Chicago Sun Times.

Mmm…is that what she’s sharing on the set of Perry’s next film?

Maybe she can convince him to make a movie to the likes of “Don’t Bring Meat To Madea’s Family Reunion.”

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

• Alec Baldwin (52)
• Jane Goodall (76)
• Leona Lewis (25)

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