Anyone notice Prince's walk-up music tonight?

[dlk9s]

I just can't imagine that the songs were chosen to send a message to the front office or to brag that he's going to get paid handsomely in the offseason. It would be just so bizarrely inappropriate and out of character. It would be odd to use those to hint that a new deal is almost signed, as well, because that, too, is bragging a bit, but if that's the case, have some fun.

[djoctagone]

maybe prince wanted to motivate the team re: playoff and world series shares.

[Invader3K]

It's hard to say. I think he was probably just messing with people. Maybe he won a poker game with the guys and was rubbing it in. Who knows?

[chuckiehacks]

Well, they ususally like to announce things like contract extensions when they have a day off in the middle of a homestand...

[Invader3K]

Well, they ususally like to announce things like contract extensions when they have a day off in the middle of a homestand...

I'm just very doubtful anything happens at this point. Just no real chatter about this going on right now. Then again, crazier things have happened I guess.

[fondybrewfan]

Yeah this is all sorts of weird.

 

I assume no one has actually asked Prince about it?

 

If there was some sort of contract in place it seems increbily unlikley that someone in the Front Office didn't leak something. But then again no one knew about Braun's extension until they announced it either. Something weird is definitely going on. Prince has spoken multiple times about loving the team this year and it would seem very out of character to pull these shenanigans right now.

[Invader3K]

Yeah this is all sorts of weird.

 

I assume no one has actually asked Prince about it?

Someone asked him about it after the game on Saturday and all he said was, "We won the game."

[RobDeer 45]

I'm 100% confident that he was not trying to show up the front office. My initial thought was it's just motivation...but then when I heard that the song guy tweeted, listen to the theme....that's weird. Man, that would be great if he took a discount and was going to sign with us! This would be the best time to get him to do that, while they are smoking hot, having fun, and have a solid team locked up for years to come.

[Warning Track Power]

Couple thoughts on this:

 

#1. I really hope Prince is sending a message that a deal is imminent because I love him as a player.

 

#2. I really hope Prince wasn't sending a message to the Brewers FO. If the 5year/$100MM offer for Prince was rejected last year, he doesn't understand the economics of baseball as that offer is HUGE for a market the Brewers size. I will have lost some respect for him if that is what that was about because it isn't like the Brewers were lowballing him. They are extending out to as much as they can go without crippling the franchise.

 

#3. If he isn't sending a message and a deal isn't imminent, I have to wonder the motivations. I can't imagine Prince being oblivious to the fans begging and pleading for him to stay and his possible FA casting a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon of this magical season. Using that medium to send a message right now about winning a bet with the players, messing with people or sending a message to the Cubs, as others have speculated, is in poor taste. Especially if it is being done to mess with people. Fans take this stuff seriously (too seriously sometimes) and to pull a stunt like this when the Brewers are so close to winning a division for the first time since 1982, would make Prince seem like a bad teammate and extraordinarily self-important. I don't think Prince is this way, but you never know.

[Dragonbait]

There's another option people aren't considering...

 

Maybe he's in the process of signing a HUGE endorsement deal.

I know we'd problably be hearing something about it, but that's not to say it's not possible.

[brwrsfan]

Usually these deals do come out of nowhere (see Braun and Weaver)....and the Brewers do like to do things in the afteroons of off days during a homestand. I have a conference call for the next three hours here (UGH) but I'm really hoping my cell phone just starts going nuts around 3:00 with a contract announcement....but it was likely nothing.

[SoCalBrewfan]

It's clearly a commentary on the current Nashville manager and his odd lineups.

[fondybrewfan]

I would think a prerequisite for an endorsement deal is an ability to actually speak in public. I don't think Fielder is ever going to get much in the way of endorsements just for that reason. He has been a great player for 6 years in MIL and that has led to squat in the way of endorsements around here; I doubt that changes.

[Pudster13]

I've been waiting years for Prince to use this as his walk up song:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNdnaGbkAeQ

 

Apparently, Prince's mother Stacey was a big fan of "The Artist", who brokethrough to stardom with Purple Rain in 1984, the year Mr. Fielder was born.

[dlk9s]

Now that's I've had a night to sleep on it, I think it is highly probable that Prince saved up to 15 percent on his car insurance by switching to Geico.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I don't know why Prince ever stopped using his custom song.

 

 

Or his other custom song.

 

[Invader3K]

I would think a prerequisite for an endorsement deal is an ability to actually speak in public. I don't think Fielder is ever going to get much in the way of endorsements just for that reason. He has been a great player for 6 years in MIL and that has led to squat in the way of endorsements around here; I doubt that changes.

You never know. David Ortiz has had some big endorsement deals, and I don't think he's regarded as a great orator or anything. Prince did have that video game deal a couple years ago. A lot of the lack of endorsements is just the fact that Prince plays in a small market right now.

[Mr QL]

Maybe he just likes money.

[Cyanogen5]

I like money. I can't believe Prince likes money too.

[Invader3K]

It's clearly a commentary on the current Nashville manager and his odd lineups.

I think this is the best explanation so far.

[lbb020]

Maybe Prince and Braun placed a healthy bet on who would reach 100 RBI first? And this was Prince having some fun with Braun....

[dlk9s]

I like money. I can't believe Prince likes money too.

We should hang out.

[drezdn]

Has anyone else heard about the possibility that Fielder bought a house in the Milwaukee area within the last week?

[Invader3K]

Has anyone else heard about the possibility that Fielder bought a house in the Milwaukee area within the last week?

Nope. Where did you hear that?

[brwrsfan]

I'm really thinking this was all nothing. All this about an extension or a house or something like that just seems very far fetched to me and is a pretty big stretch from his 3 (albeit very odd) walkup songs.