If the news was devastating to the Rangers, they refused to show it. Laughter trumped a funereal atmosphere. He might look like the same guy from the exterior, but he can't remember the last time he's ever been happier, and everyone in the Rangers clubhouse sees it.
Fielder, for years baseball's modern-day ironman, is back after missing all but 42 games last year with a herniated disk. Fielder, 30, isn't ready to share details, but he's finally reunited with his father, Cecil Fielder. They've been estranged for almost half of his life, but they're starting to pick up the pieces and share that father-son bond again.
And though he was hurt for most of the year, he'll tell you it was the greatest summer of his life, spending every day with Chanel and sons Jadyn, 10, and Haven, 8. It's just such a good feeling. I'm happy again. It was nothing more than a job. He was traded to Texas, expectations were high and the Rangers finished out of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
Then, there was the neck pain. He only hit three homers in his first at-bats, but Fielder kept ignoring the pain. He instead was starting to think his days of being a power hitter were over. Nine years in, and I never got hurt. I don't know what was wrong. I was stubborn. I couldn't even feel my arm, but I'm thinking, 'Did I lose it? I just figured I'd needed to get back in the cage and get my swing back.
The doctors told him nothing was wrong with his swing. During their father's three injury-plagued years with the Texas Rangers , the Fielder boys spent a lot of days hanging around the Rangers' clubhouse, shagging fly balls or playing baseball with the sons of Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo Choo before batting practice.
Maybe it's because Fielder knew how much fun he had as a kid hanging around clubhouses with his father, former slugger Cecil Fielder, and he wanted his sons to have the same experience.
Perhaps it's because Fielder had a strained relationship with his father for several years, and he wanted to ensure his family never experienced that.
Fielder is reportedly no longer estranged from his father. It's clear his bond with his sons is strong. These are my two homies. It has been a struggle this year, and then to hear this news, for her to stay positive -- no matter what -- she wouldn't let me get down on myself at the house. She wouldn't let me mope.
She would never let me feel any less about myself than I should. This season has been a struggle for Fielder, as was , his first year with the Rangers. That year, he played just 42 games before he needed surgery. After hitting. He was hitting less than. Often, he was asked about his health. Fielder requested a meeting with Dr. We expected some DL time, but not this. Every now and then, I'd go to do something, and I'd feel weird.
When I did the test at the doctor's office, he asked me to walk a straight line, and I couldn't do it. I did it, but it was too much brain involved to walk a straight line.
Not a thing. Now, if it were me and one of my sons, that would be cool. Maybe a return to Detroit will help bring back those good father-son memories and help encourage a reunion. Time heals all wounds. Everybody has to come back together at some point. I know Mr.
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