PRINCE FIELDER RIPS 50TH HOMERUN IN BREWERS WIN
September 26, 2007
Prince Fielder hit a pair of home runs Tuesday night to become the youngest player to hit 50 home runs in a season as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 as the Brewers moved to with 2 games of the Chicago Cubs in the race for the NL Central title.
Fielder’s feats overshadowed the fact that the Brewers drew within two games of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central — and Brewers owner Mark Attanasio’s assertion that manager Ned Yost doesn’t have to worry about his job for next season.
Fielder hit a two-run home run to right field in the first inning and a opposite field two-run shot in the seventh inning as he surpassed Willie Mays to become the youngest player ever to hit 50.
Fielder is 23 years, 139 days old as he put his name in the record books surpassing one of baseball’s all-time greatest stars. Mays was 24 years, 137 days old when he hit his 50th home run in 1955, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Fielder has clearly asserted himself as the front runner for the National League MVP Award. Fielder leads the National league with 50 home runs after Tuesday nights game. Fielder is third in the National league with 119 runs batted in. Fielder also leads the National league with a slugging percentage of .625.
Fielder faces his strongest competition for the Colorado Rockies left fielder Matt Holiday. Holiday leads the National League with 131 runs batted in. Holiday is second in batting average at .338, second in slugging percentage at .608, and he is currently fourth in home runs at 36.
Fielder is a clear cut favorite to win the award especially if he leads the Brewers to the NL Central title and their first post season appearance in 25 years. The last time Milwaukee advanced to the post season was in 1982 when they lost in the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
With the past history of the Chicago Cubs, the Milwaukee Brewers could sneek into the playoffs as this years Cinderella team and rumor has it a Brewers fan delivered a goat to Wrigley Field on Monday.
Can you say the curse of the Cubs is back and if the goat don’t work rumor has it Steve Bartman will be in the stands this weekend at the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.
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His IS NO JIM ROME
Put your money were your mouth is Cooper.
This coming from a guy that had the Saints winning the Super Bowl this year.
Maybe you should join ESPN’s 1st and 10 show and sit next to your buddy Skip Bayless.
You two probably would fit good together in more ways than one!!