The free agent courtship of Prince Fielder ended in surprising fashion today, as the first baseman inked a nine-year, $214 million deal with the Detroit Tigers. As the Tigers were the team with which Prince’s (estranged) father, Cecil, made his name, there’s been a lot of young Prince-Cecil reminiscing today…the best of which can be found in the commercial after the jump.

Per Yahoo’s Tim Brown, Prince Fielder is going to sign with the Detroit Tigers, and he’s going to. be. paid. The deal is for 9 years and worth $214 million(!), as Fielder will form a scary back-to-back duo with Miguel Cabrera in the Tigers’ lineup. It took him awhile to complete a deal, reportedly due to shifts in market value… although other theories have been floated. [Tim Brown, photo via]

“Stinky Jim” Leyland strikes again! And this time, it appears that Rangers manager Ron Washington was on the receiving end of his gamey trickery.

These AP photos, which were taken during batting practice prior to Game 5 of the ALCS, show the Tigers manager with his hand very clearly down his pants while he talks to Washington. The two men then appear to share a firm-looking handshake, which means… Stinky Jim got him with the Stinkpalm.

Avid baseball viewers are accustomed to Fox analyst Tim McCarver being wrong, but it’s rare that refutation comes so quickly — as it did Wednesday when Detroit’s Brandon Inge pulled a homer to left field seconds after McCarver said he wouldn’t.

In an outstanding play that’s sadly been overshadowed by Nelson Cruz’ mountain of a grand slam walkoff Monday night, Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera and catcher Alex Avila turned a bases-loaded one-out double play that was so bang-bang it had me wondering how flame they needed to throw with in order to pull it of — so I decided to find out. Video of the play after the cut.

Last night, the Texas Rangers took an imposing 2-0 lead on the Detroit Tigers in the NLCS by winning 7-3. The score suggests a comfortable win, but not so much: the margin was actually achieved in about the most dramatic, tension-filled way possible. Watch it happen after the jump.

Hmm. Questionable. May have been more of a scratch. Regardless, she does not deserve your public scorn, people. Who among us hasn’t had an itchy nose during live a sporting event? This poor woman did, and what could’ve been a harmless, under-the-radar equipment check turned into a mildly embarrassing video clip. Another life ruined, FOX Sports camera guy!

Saturday’s 3-2 Texas Rangers win over the Detroit Tigers in game one of the ALCS featured two separate rain delays in the top of the fifth inning totaling nearly two hours. As with any rain delay, the FOX production crew had to find something, anything, to fill the time until the umpires deemed the field playable.

Maybe it’s his stoic demeanor. Or maybe it’s the fact the mustache obscures part of his face. Whatever it is, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is very talented at appearing to not moving his mouth when he speaks.

Before he got out of a seventh-inning, bases loaded jam against the New York Yankees on Thursday night, Detroit Tigers pitcher Joaquin Benoit was asked by home plate umpire Ted Barrett to remove a giant band-aid from his face. Yankees manager Joe Girardi had asked that the “distracting” band-aid be removed, and as you can see in the video below, Benoit needed a few tries before he could get it off.