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Prince Fielder Biography

Prince Semien Fielder (born May 9, 1984) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. He was selected in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Brewers out of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida, and spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the Brewers before signing with the Detroit Tigers in January 2012. In November 2013, he was traded to the Rangers, where he ended his playing career due to injury in 2016.

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I'm not really in a hurry to ever wear a neck brace. That's why I'm kind of positive about it, because I'm healthy.

Brace, Healthy, Kind, Necks

I get to kind of pretend I'm going to play baseball. I get to work out and do all the stuff that was part of baseball. I just don't get to play.

Baseball, Kind, Play, Work Out

When I was playing, my wife and kids would go on the road with me, and we would go to different lunch spots that we saw on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. "

Different, Kids, Lunch, Saw, Wife

Obviously, I think this [162 games a year four times] caused my early retirement, but I couldn't do it any other way. Just for the record, I never asked for any of the days off in my career.

Caused, Record, Retirement, Thinking, Times, Years

I miss the guys, and I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second.

Ball, Baseball, Run, Running, Swing, Swings

Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.

Coaches, School, Swings, Tell, Way

Obviously I wasn't playing well at the time. But as a player, you lie to yourself. You say, "There's nothing wrong. I'm just not on time [at the plate]. " You make something else up because pain is not an option.

Lying, Make, Pain, Player, Time

It's nice to finally be able to wake up and tie my shoes without feeling like I'm about to tip over, or walk a straight line without feeling dizzy, or be able to feel my left arm. That means a lot more to me.

Left, Mean, Nice, Shoes

I'd like to help out in any way I can, especially with the younger guys in the minor leagues. But as far as setting something up, we haven't really talked about it.

Guy, Help, League, Leagues, Talked, Way

Miguel and Justin, the two biggest guys on the team, welcomed me right away and once the cool kids in school like you, it's easy to get along.

Away, Kids, Right, School, Team, Welcomed

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

Athlete, Big, Mean, Work, Work Out

It was pretty hard to actually have to say the words with my teammates, my wife and my boys there. I realized it was going to happen before that day [I announce retirement], but to have to announce it and talk about in front of a lot of people was tougher than I expected. I'm glad that feeling has kind of gone away. That sadness hasn't lingered.

Boys, Front, Pretty, Retirement, Sadness, Say

My main goal now is waking up healthy every day and going on with life.

Day, Goal, Healthy, Wake Up, Waking

A friend of mine asked me a question at the end of 2015. We were going over my finances and setting things up for the future when she said, "What do you want to do when you retire?" I said, "I always wanted to do a food show. "

2015, Ends, Finance, Friend, Question, Want

I'm just living a normal life - a regular life, as people would call it. I'm enjoying it.

Call, Enjoying, Normal, Normal Life, People, Regular

Once I started getting multiple days off in a row, it was a long year for me. That had never happened, and everybody knew I didn't like it.

Days Off, Long, Row, Year, Years

Him [my dad] bringing me to the clubhouse when I was young helped me out because I see what they do in baseball and what it's about. He pretty much told me all this stuff when I was younger. Now it's just a matter of doing it.

Baseball, Dad, Matter, Told, Young

You don't need to have a perfect ending to be happy.

Ending, Happy, Needs, Perfect

I saw [ that I and my father, Cecil end our careers with 319 home runs] after I retired. It was just weird. With all the games we played, neither one of us could hit one more home run? Obviously, it was supposed to go that way. It's a pretty cool thing, I guess.

Father, Home, Played, Run, Running, Weird

I play to lift a city, and raise a banner.

Banner, Cities, City, Play

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