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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Bleacherreport has picked their top players for the 2010 Fantasy Baseball predictions and Milwaukee Brewer’s player Prince Fielder is listed as #4 on their list.

“Fielder is the thickest vegetarian I have ever seen, but fantasy owners hope he keeps eating the same tomatoes and cucumbers this year that he did in 2009 when he scorched pitchers for 46 homers and 141 RBI.”

Fielder puts more than tomatoes and cucumbers in his meat free body, as he’s a big fan of pasta and Indian food.

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The New York Post ran an article about Milwaukee Brewers baseball player Prince Fielder, the vegetarian who’s wife picked up a copy of Skinny Bitch and went on a mission to convert her husband into one.

It worked.

And Prince’s game has never been better.

From the article:

“Wouldn’t you like to know what his wife is putting in that magic spinach! And wouldn’t his competition like to know as well. Maybe instead of that pre-game burger the other sluggers might want to spend a little more time at the salad bar and see if they can get a green recharge to kick-sprout their batting average.”

Right, on!

via vegan.com

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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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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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We love our veggie athletes, like Georges Laraque, so much, we can’t stop talking about them.

Which is why we’re proud to bring you “10 Superstar Athletes Who Don’t Eat Meat”, courtesy of treehugger.com.

First base man Prince Fielder made the list, along with famed vegetarian bodybuilder Bill Pearl, football quarterback Joe Namath, and Iron Man champ Dave Scott.

“Dave Scott holds the record for most Iron Man World Championship victories ever (along with his rival Mark Allen, who managed to rack up an equal number of wins). The Iron Man competition, which consists of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26 mile marathon run, is one of the most strenuous physical feats in the world. And Scott won six of them, all while vegetarian. He even came out of retirement at 40 to compete again, and took second place. Today, at age 55, he still participates. In other words, this is one gnarly vegetarian dude.”

There’s just one problem, dude. Where’s Mac Danzig?

The Ultimate Fighter 6 winner and UFC contract holder has been a vegan since 2004 and has always been public about his diet to major media sources like Men’s Fitness. 

Ah, we get it. Someone must have drafted him before Treehugger got dibs.

Visit treehugger.com to view all 10 Superstar Athletes Who Don’t Eat Meat.

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When Milwaukee Brewers Prince Fielder went vegetarian last year, the media swarmed him with interview questions about his diet so much, he jokingly told Yahoo Sports, theirs was the last veggie related interview he was doing.

Luckily he agreed, so after finding some old food voyeurism for you, we thought you’d might like to listen to his opinions on a few recipes. What do you think? Could food critic be in the future after retirement from a professional sports career?

He gave input on dishes like Pesto Pasta Toss, Tandoori Paneer Tikka, and Egyptian Koshari. Here’s what he thought of Roasted Ratatouille with Basil Aioli:

“I’ve seen the movie, but I’ve never ate it. I’ve always wondered what it was. I’d probably try it, although I’m not sure about the eggplant … I don’t like eggplant, it gets to me. I like the taste, but then I get like that saliva throw-up aftertaste in my mouth, you know what I’m talking about? Eggplant is good for you though, so I’ll put that as a maybe. It depends how I’m feeling.”

Grab the recipes and read what Prince thinks of other dishes.

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Milwaukee Brewers baseball player Prince Fielder became a vegetarian last spring and took heat from fans telling him to eat steak and praise from those applauding him for veggie brats.

“Fans last year were yelling at me, ‘Hey Prince, eat a salad!’ This year they’re saying, ‘Eat a steak!’” he said in an interview with The New York Times.

Fielder thinks that tofu tastes like a “wet eraser,” and you won’t catch him raving about how he can’t wait to eat the next salad full of 20 different plant based items designed to make salad look and taste good.

“Yeah, I’m a vegetarian — but still, some things are just nasty,” he said. “I like salads. But sometimes, they get too creative. I like regular food, just no meat in it.”

Read the story to learn how Prince finally decided to give a dish with beets a try and what salad he actually did order that day.

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