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Now it's REALLY over...Prince to Detroit


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Does anyone know the revenue's generated (even/including posthumously (10, 20, etc... years from merchandising sales)) from winning a world series. Is it enough to justify throwing away 20-30% of a team's payroll in future years. Maybe that is what the Tigers are partly banking on? Otherwise I don't understand that contract at all...aging owner and all...

Drungo offered an undocumented amount in a prior post here of about $30 mil per year over a number of years.

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Show me the Burgers.

This was actually news at his press conference.
Fielder did want to debunk one thing: Back in 2008, he talked about becoming a vegetarian, but that apparently didn't last long after all the commotion.

"I'm not a vegetarian," he said. "I was, for like three months."

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