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Both Prince Fielder and Tony LaRussa have big balls.

Big baseBALLS, that is.

LaRussa is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and co-founded the Animal Rescue Foundation with the wifey.

Prince Fielder became vegetarian after his wife gave him permission to be with a Skinny Bitch and he recently showed the world how meatless men do it by winning the All Star Home Derby competition and setting a record for the longest home run-over 500 feet!

So between the two vegetarian men, who would you rather…

Tony LaRussa #10 MLB-Home Run Derby

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Meatless Mouthful: Why Tony LaRussa Went Vegetarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, August 7th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Meatless Mouthful.

SD Dirk on Wikimedia Commons

SD Dirk on Wikimedia Commons

“Back in 1977, when I was a player-coach, I came back from a road trip, and my wife was watching a PBS documentary on how veal comes to the table. As soon as I walked in the door, she said, “We will never eat veal again.” So that started it. Very soon after, all red meat disappeared from our plates, and the chicken and turkey, and then fish. Within a year to a year and a half, we were totally vegetarian.”

—-Major league baseball manager Tony La Russa, in an interview with Vegetarian Times in the September ’09 print issue. Tony and his wife, Elaine, founded the Animal Rescue Foundation, a nonprofit that provides services for abadoned animals, such as vet assistance and adoption.

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Brendan Brazier Makes Raw Vegan Chocolate Blueberry Bars

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink, Videos.

Nothing better than a man who knows how to make a good meal!

Brendan Brazier, vegan athlete and founder of Vega Nutritional and Energy Products, recently stopped by the G Living Studio to film a segment about green chefs.

Brendan chose to make a raw protein bar with blueberries and chocolate, a recipe straight from his book, Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimum Performance in Sports and Life.

”I used to make these bars weekly to take on bike rides and to eat before running,” Brendan said.

“Hope you like them.”

via vegdaily.com

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Boxing champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley has recorded a PSA against dog fighting.

Incidentally, this was released around the same time convicted dog fighting ringleader Michael Vick was reinstated into the NFL.

“I’m a boxer,” says Mosley. “I fight for a living. My opponents and I know that if you step into the ring, you choose to be there. And if you don’t come out on top, you can at least walk away. Dog fighting isn’t like that. Dogs don’t have the choice. In the end, they get hurt badly or are cruelly killed. Dog fighting is dirty.”

We second that, Sugar.

Watch the PSA above, but be warned, there are some graphic pictures that illustrate just why these PSAs need to be made.

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Christian Audigiers Birthday Celebration

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

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John Salley Got Torrie Wilson To Go Vegetarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Models, Reality TV.

Im a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! Press Conference

Second place winner of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here Torrie Wilson said she went vegetarian after finishing the reality TV competition.

“I’ve changed my entire way of eating after the show,” she told the Baltimore Sun. “I became a vegetarian, almost vegan. I feel wonderful after having the cleansing I had there and getting off sugar.”

Torrie’s competitor and 3rd place winner John Salley is vegan and according to chron.com, it was John that gave Torrie the little “push.”

“Wilson became good buddies with former NBA player Salley, who persuaded her to become a vegetarian.”

It’s great that Torrie became veg. Even greater than John helped her “convert.”

Now it’s just a matter of him sharing those recipes cards and giving her samples of his Double Baked Herbed Crisps to share.

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MLB-Home Run Derby

After Milwaukee Brewer’s first baseman Prince Fielder won the Home Derby Competition, a mobile pizza truck that sells pizza by the slice in Milwaukee, Street-za, made a special pizza to honor the hometown hero.

There’s just one problem.

Prince Fielder is a vegetarian and that pizza ain’t nowhere near veggie.

Here are the toppings for the Streetza Brew Crew Sausage Race:

Italian sausage, bratwurst, chorizo, Polish sausage and hot dogs.

Vendor dudes could have at least did a little bit of research before whipping that up. A pizza slice abundant with veggies or even multiple varieties of cheese would have been better.

The perfect slice, of course, would be one topped with faux sausage, bratwurst, chorizo, and hot dogs, as it would be the perfect opportunity to show fans what Prince is getting and what they’re missing on a regular basis.

Sigh. Opportunity missed.

Gotta give the Street-za guys credit for putting a vegan pizza on the menu, though, with the description, “Hopefully we aren’t banished from Wisconsin for this pizza. A Cheese-less pizza with our tomato sauce, fresh spinach, eggplant, onions, & cajun spiced potatoes. How can a pizza be good with no cheese? It is. Trust us.”

via pizzamarketplace.com

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Vegetarian Prince Fielder Crowned Home Derby Champion

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports.

All Star Game

Prince Fielder took some criticism when he went vegetarian last year.

Fans who wanted better performance on the baseball field were quick to blame any mistake on the lack of meat in his diet and critics were quick to point out that, like Ruben Studdard, Fielder’s tofu and veggies weren’t making him much thinner.

Those critics can take their words and shove it, as the Milwaukee Brewers first baseman has shown real athletes don’t need meat and has been crowned Home Derby Champion in the all-star competition.

Fielder won the title by defeating Nelson Cruz of Texas in the final round 6-5 and hit 23 homers in the three rounds of competition. One of Fielder’s homers was a 503-footer, the longest one of the night.

Wonder if he celebrated with his favorite pesto pasta toss that evening?

via sfgate.com

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