Supporting role: Fielder cheering on mates

TORONTO — Ever since the news conference in August announcing he is no longer physically able to play Major League Baseball, Prince Fielder knew that if the Rangers advanced to the postseason, he wanted to be along for the ride.

Fielder was with the team when it clinched the American League West title in Oakland a couple of weeks ago, and he’s with the Rangers now, understanding this is the last season he will have any statistical input as a Major League player.

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“I was part of something, at least, for a couple months,” Fielder said after Game 2 of the AL Division Series, a 5-3 loss that put Texas in a 2-0 hole. “I’m going to finish it out.”

Game 3 will be Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Rogers Centre, and it will be televised on TBS in the United States as well as on Sportsnet (English) and TVA (French) in Canada. The game will also be broadcast in Spanish on MLB Network.

Fielder announced on Aug. 10 that he was physically no longer able to play Major League Baseball. That announcement arrived two weeks after the former first baseman had a second surgery to fuse herniated disks in his neck, a procedure that led doctors to advise him …

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