"In the early 1990s, impromptu wrestling matches were commonplace inside the Tiger Stadium clubhouse, and they had nothing to do with testy player exchanges from another loss by the home team.

Tony Phillips, considered the team's super-utility man, would square off against a husky tyke named Prince Fielder for some in-house entertainment.

"I'm Hulk Hogan, and I'm going to body slam you!" Phillips recalled yelling to Fielder, son of Phillips' teammate, Cecil Fielder. "Those were the days. Prince was just that good ol' chubby kid who loved to play and smile.""