John Lowe

Despite his size, Tigers' Fielder likes to run

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Prince Fielder doesn't just want to hit.

He wants to run.

All the way home.

"Baserunning is a big part of the game, and that's another part of my job," said Fielder, a former Ogden Raptor. "I think I should drive in runs, but if I have the opportunity to score, I like to, because you want everybody to score for you when you're hitting."

That's how a hitter gets RBI.

"So I think it's only fair to try to do the best I can to score for the guys behind me because I want the same in return," Fielder said.

(Julio Cortez/The Associated Press)
Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland looks on during the team's first official pitchers and catchers workout during baseball spring training, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Lakeland, Fla.

Leyland at spring training: 49 years and still loving it

LAKELAND, Fla. -- For decades, Jim Leyland has had the rugged optimism of a prospector in the Old West.

Now he really is a forty-niner.

"This is my 49th spring training," Leyland said.

Prince Fielder on fast track to joining select company

DETROIT -- Even now, decades after each took his final mighty left-handed cut, their names cause a shudder.

If you were their fan or their teammate, it's a shudder of excitement, of admiration.

If you were a pitcher who had to get them out, it might be a shudder of dread.

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