a few days of vacation or sick days, ordinary people work about 250 days in a year.
MLB.comPlaying 162 games or hitting 30 home runs -- which is the more difficult, demanding task? The question was put to Prince Fielder, now playing for the Rangers after seven seasons in Milwaukee and two in Detroit. The remarkably durable first baseman has missed one game in the past five seasons, playing all 162 four times. Fielder has launched 30 or more homers six times.
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