$200 million buys one baseball player or 400 schoolteachers; what does Detroit need more?

Holy rust-belt Batman, Prince Fielder can buy the entire city of Detroit with that kind of money!

Is this the sundown deal for Mike Ilitch? The legacy that the aging pizza meister will leave to the world of professional baseball?

I'm an October baseball fan. I can conjur up a bit of interest when the playoffs come along. Pretty much sums up my interest in all the pro sports.

Fielder's per annum runs to well over $20 million a year. That's about 400 schoolteachers.

I think Detroit needs the schoolteachers more.