Prince Fielder is more of an iron man than you'd think

[Hack Wilson - real]

On Sunday afternoon, he started his 440th consecutive game, the longest current streak in baseball. The only thing separating him from 767 straight games played is one day off, Sept. 13, 2010, which he spent hooked up to IV fluids trying to rid himself of flu-like symptoms.

Since Fielder's first full season in 2006, he has played in a major league-best 1,218 of 1,231 possible games with the Milwaukee Brewers and now the Detroit Tigers. Only three others – Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera – have more than 1,200.

[J. B A N A N A S]

I didn't know that about Ichiro, but it's easier for him the way he plays.

Fielder is an animal though.