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It isn't exactly true that every time Prince Fielder moves, the entire earth wobbles. But it's 100 percent true that when Fielder signed his monstrous nine-year, $214 million deal with the Tigers last week, the entire sport of baseball felt the reverberations.
We'll be feeling those aftershocks for a long, long time, too. So let's take a look at just some of the ripple effects of The Prince Deal:
Life in Milwaukee will go on after Prince. But it'll be a lot less, well, Prince-ly.
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