Determined To Win, Tigers Make Prince Fit
Prince Fielder didn't fit.
Yeah, I believed that. The Tigers already had two $20 million-a-year players. They already had a great first baseman, signed through 2015, and a big-time designated hitter, who is out injured this year but is signed for two more years after that.
Prince Fielder didn't fit with the Tigers, just like he didn't fit with the Yankees or the Red Sox or the Phillies.
Yeah, I believed that, and now I can't figure out why I did.
Because here's what I should have believed: Mike Ilitch is 82 years old, and he's every bit as determined to win a World Series as Arte Moreno is in Anaheim, every bit as determined as the Steinbrenners are in New York.
And if Prince Fielder was the guy who might put the Tigers over the top, Ilitch and his baseball people were going to try like heck to make it fit.
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