MLB needs to come down on two things…
1.) Excessive celebration like that. Jump around, bang on the guy’s helmet, but none of the choreographed bs.
2.) Untucking the jersey. Geez, he looked like he was running around in a mumu or a smock.

To paraphrase a line from Major League, nice celebration Brewers, don’t ever f-in do it again.

I’m not sure how celebrating a dramatic win takes away from the game. And my god un-tucking a shirt deserves a fine?!?

The only possible way I would find this even remotely offensive is if it happened on a visitors field. But they are in Milwaukee. The Brewers have been generating increased interest in their ball club, their postseason hopes are dimmer than ours – have some fun, celebrate with the fans, enjoy the game you just won!

I’d throw the flag for excessive celebration. Keep your damn clothes on.

Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks didn’t pull this crap. Ron Santo was villified for clicking his heels.

Apparently, times change. So does respect for the game.

It was a game winner. I’d have an issue if it was during the game.

After all, it wouldn’t hurt him.

I’m recommending this post not because you’re right (because you’re not), but because hopefully once this is a recommended thread so more people will be able to see how f-ing awesome Prince Fielder is and how f-ing awesome this celebration was.

Prince Fielder is an excellent baseball player and seems like a very good person. I have no problem with him, and after this BAMF celebration, I want to hug him.

Dan

But I did smile a little when I saw it. I’m just shocked that every single teammate played along and fell down, that’s the cool part I think.

I don’t care for the Brewers.

I consider Fielder a clean and respectful player.

That said, this is baseball, not soccer. Obvert celebrations are not really part of the game. But if that sort of stuff floats your boat, great. I, for one, would rather not see celebrations like yesterday’s—from the Brewers or the Cubs or the Chinichi Dragons.

differs based not on age, but on if you played the game at a competitive level. I play college baseball and this sickens me.

You can sum it up with Ryno’s hall speech:
I was in awe every time I walked on to the field. That’s respect. I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your team mates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. Make a great play, act like you’ve done it before, get a big hit, look for the third base coach and get ready to run the bases, hit a home run, put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is a lot more important than the name on the back. That’s respect.
  
on the topic of old players cleating and doctoring balls, thats a completely different topic in general. As a player I tend to see those more as gamesmanship and desire to win.

And, the earlier post “get off my lawn” is good, I use that phrase all the time. But if you like narcisstic ballplayers, enjoy the stupid celebration. if you like to see ballplayers undressing on the field, knock yourself out.

I prefer Ryno’s concept of the game. But, I’m 117 years old. What the hell do I know?

If your opponent wins on a walk-off and shows no emotion, it’s almost like saying “It’s not a big deal to beat you.” This celebration seems to recognize that this victory was an achievement. It’s kind of like when we didn’t get too giddy after beating the Nationals… not that we didn’t want the win, but just that, well, beating the Nationals doesn’t make you a great team. It’s like beating a 3rd-grader at chess.

Poking fun at his own girth.

But the more I see of him this season the more I like him. He clearly gets it on the field and off. He’s become a great player and I give him credit for having fun playing a game despite his team being way out of contention.

I still hate Braun though.

I actually don’t mind Prince Fielder (it’s bug eyes that i can’t stand), but that spectacle was downright obnoxious. FWIW, I don’t see the point in celebrating that much when you’re nowhere near a playoff spot. Just sayin’.

The whole thing was just unnecessary. Celebrate the fact that you hit the home run by running around the bases with pride. Get to home plate and enjoy the adulation of your fans and the congratulations of your teammates. But don’t overdo it.

In the NFL, when celebrations like this were the rarity rather than the norm, they were entertaining (see the Redskins’ Funbunch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLiKbVV288k) Then everyone tried to one-up everyone else and it just got out of hand. It became less about the game and more about the celebration.

I agree with the thought that this is a generational thing. They younger people are used to it, and that is fine. I, at 39, think it is not necessary, especially in baseball.

“Hey guy, we’re about 15 games back and our season is cooked. Rather than dwell on that fact, I have an idea about how to celebrate if I hit a walk-off anytime in the last 2 months of season. Here’s the plan…”

I don’t mind Fielder at all and I’ve never really been an opposing team “hater” but I thought this was California Penal League crap. And I’m relatively young compared to most posters on this board. Garbage. He deserves to get plunked.

And with that simple quote from the Blues Brothers movie, Aretha Franklin has imparted upon us a pearl of wisdom that applies to just about any situation in life, and especially here.

Now I doubt Prince Fielder thought about the possible consequences when he choreographed and then executed his little celebration. That’s fine – I really didn’t expect him to. His job is to hit the long ball, and if he wants to celebrate when he does, that’s fine by me.

Of course, it’s also fine by me if he gets plunked but good the next time he faces the Giants. And if he’s the ball player I think he is, he’ll understand why he got plunked and just trot to first base. If he can live with the plunking, i.e. the consequences, I can live with the celebration, i.e. his actions.

Facing scrutiny here? The video clearly shows 20+ of his teammates participating and falling down during the choreographed celebration.

If any one of them thought it was tasteless, classless, and over the top, then they wouldn’t have fallen down and participated while laughing it up.

I mean with the whole untucking of the shirts thing – now this. The Brewers are a team so eager to find an identity they will resort to bush league measures to get attention. I could really care less about this though, to me it just further confirms their “little brother” to all status.

No.

Put him on his ass the next time those teams match up, and be done with it.

Enjoy a big moment. I’ve got no problems with it.

He is standing around looking like an idiot long after the rest of team hits the dirt. I like the celebration

…but I found the Brewers celebration really, really disrespectful to the Giants. Fielder’s shirt untucking is one thing, but for most of the team to get together and choreograph something like this is simply ridiculous. But, y’know, this is partly why the Brewers have never really been able to have any sustained sucess throughout a season in recent years – just a complete and utter lack of maturity. And, hey, that’s fine with me.

Did you see that celebration? You would like to think professionals would have a lot more respect for the game and their opponents. That was choreographed.

From this SFGate article. Again, the key word there is “choreographed.” It’s one thing to have some spontaneous fun on the baseball diamond; it’s quite another to premeditate a display like this that shows up the opposing team. The Brewers and Giants don’t play again this season, but look for some payback in 2010.

Daryl Ward?

The game was won .. it was done, it was in their home turf. Big deal.

We play “Go Cubs Go”, wave W flags and the Cubs do the bumpjump .. I just don’t get this hostility toward the Brewers about this.

A lot of folks here have suggested that Fielder be plunked in response to his walk-off antics. And your response seems to be “well, then, plunk the plunker”, and the cycle continues.

So a simple question to you: Do you think Prince gets a free pass for his actions? i.e. no retaliation is warranted?

Reminds me of the beginning of Baseketball.

…if it wasn’t the last game of the season series?