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Terry Foster: This Prince Of A Deal Is Exciting

Late Tuesday night I appeared on a Chicago radio station asking me for the inside scoop on the Tigers signing slugger Prince Fielder. And here was my insight.

"I will be honest with you. I don't know what the heck happened. I am still walking around in shock."

"You had to have an inkling something was up," the announcer said.
"Nope. Not a clue," I admitted.'

It was the kind of shock that made your jaw drop when you heard the Tigers signed Fielder to a nine-year, $214 million contract. From the people I talked to, Fielder did not want to come to Detroit and play for the Tigers. It actually didn't have as much to do with his estranged father Cecil Fielder, who played here, as I originally thought.

Click HERE for the complete blog from Terry Foster

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