Fielder wasnt too fat for the As. He wasnt too fat for the Tigers. And he certainly wasnt too fat for the Brewers. From the moment Fielder put on a professional uniform, he was the middle bowl of porridge, just right, even if people kept talking about the bowl the porridge was in. A big ol bowl of dinger-mashing porridge, indeed.
Fielder is unlikely to play baseball again, which isnt something you should ever have to say about a 32-year-old. He underwent his second spinal fusion surgery for herniated discs in his neck, and if you want to find people blaming this on his weight, theyre out there on the internet. Im not sure why. See the neck is up here, and the way gravity works is like, well, its not important, theyve already made up your minds.
