Official Thread of the St. Louis Cardinals

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#3,452
Wow is right....The Angels came out of nowhere....I thought for sure he was going to re-sign with the Cards.
 
#3,455
#3,455
I'm guessing the Angels overspent the market by at least $30mil. Nobody seemed to have offered more than $22M over 10 years. Not a smart decision in my book.
 
#3,457
#3,457
Tear down the statue. Anyone who doesn't have true Cardinal blood is an enemy. All he cared about was the money. He just spit in the face of every single person involved with the organization and the fans.
 
#3,458
#3,458
I was about to make a post to say that Cardinals fans need to hold off from overreacting because they won two World Series with Pujols, but it wouldn't be of much use.
 
#3,459
#3,459
govols120 said:
I was about to make a post to say that Cardinals fans need to hold off from overreacting because they won two World Series with Pujols, but it wouldn't be of much use.
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He wasn't our sole reason for winning those 2 world series. He was a big part, but it's not like Albert carried this team. STL gave the world to him, he had the best fans in baseball and just kicked dust in everyone's face for $30 million more dollars. He is officially the LeBron of MLB.
 
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Sith Vol said:
Tear down the statue. Anyone who doesn't have true Cardinal blood is an enemy. All he cared about was the money. He just spit in the face of every single person involved with the organization and the fans.
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This is a bunch of garbage. The MLB Players Union has alot more pull with these guys that you think they do. He would have been destroyed among the players for not maximizing ever penny he could get. No doubt it's a problem but it's also reality.
 
#3,461
#3,461
Sith Vol said:
He wasn't our sole reason for winning those 2 world series. He was a big part, but it's not like Albert carried this team. STL gave the world to him, he had the best fans in baseball and just kicked dust in everyone's face for $30 million more dollars. He is officially the LeBron of MLB.
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Garbage. They wanted him to take a hometown discount at 9yrs/198mil before the season.

You should be more mad at other teams such as Philly who are paying Howard 25mil per year and baseball in general.
 
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#3,462
VOLinthaATL said:
This is a bunch of garbage. The MLB Players Union has alot more pull with these guys that you think they do. He would have been destroyed among the players for not maximizing ever penny he could get. No doubt it's a problem but it's also reality.
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It's Albert Pujols for crying out loud. You think some union is putting a gun to his head telling him to choose the Angels? He can do whatever he wants and he took the money.
 
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#3,463
#3,463
Sith Vol said:
He wasn't our sole reason for winning those 2 world series. He was a big part, but it's not like Albert carried this team. STL gave the world to him, he had the best fans in baseball and just kicked dust in everyone's face for $30 million more dollars. He is officially the LeBron of MLB.
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Except LeBron took less money...... funny how that works.
 
#3,465
#3,465
The man deserved a historic contract, and he got one.

However, now we won't have to pay him close to 30M a year in his late 30's/early 40's.
 
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#3,466
VOLinthaATL said:
Garbage. They wanted him to take a hometown discount at 9yrs/198mil before the season.

You should be more mad at other teams such as Philly who are paying Howard 25mil per year and baseball in general.
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But they still manned up and threw 10yr/220m at him. $30 million really meant that much more to him? He has been a Cardinal for 10 years. And of course they were gonna initially offer him the 9yr/198m contract. There was a lot of uncertainty during last season's dead period with all of his injuries last seasons.
 
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#3,468
Sith Vol said:
It's Albert Pujols for crying out loud. You think some union is putting a gun to his head telling him to choose the Angels? He can do whatever he wants and he took the money.

Nice edit btw.
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He's right. There's no way the MLBPA was going to let him turn this deal down. Yeah it sucks for St Louis but nobody walks away from $30 million and it's nuts to act indignant about it.
 
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#3,469
Sith Vol said:
But they still manned up and threw 10yr/220m at him. $30 million really meant that much more to him? He has been a Cardinal for 10 years. And of course they were gonna initially offer him the 9yr/198m contract. There was a lot of uncertainty during last season's dead period with all of his injuries last seasons.
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From what I've heard/read that has not been confirmed.

The extra $30mil is where the player union influence comes in along with his agent. Again, it's obviously a ridiculous premise but as stated it's also reality.
 
#3,470
#3,470
GAVol said:
He's right. There's no way the MLBPA was going to let him turn this deal down. Yeah it sucks for St Louis but nobody walks away from $30 million and it's nuts o act indignant a out it.
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I guess it's just a tough pill for me to swallow. I've been a diehard Cardinal all my life and Albert has been my favorite player ever since he came to the MLB. I always wanted to believe he wasn't all about the money. But I guess you gotta do what's best for your future.
 
#3,471
#3,471
No one loves the Cards more than me. And I'd have loved to have Albert but at the end of the day it's a business. He wouldve been crazy to turn down 250 million over 10 years. It sucks but the guy did the right thing and the Cards did the right thing for not matching that amount.
Good luck to him unless he plays the Cards.
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#3,472
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VolBeef88 said:
No one loves the Cards more than me. And I'd have loved to have Albert but at the end of the day it's a business. He wouldve been crazy to turn down 250 million over 10 years. It sucks but the guy did the right thing and the Cards did the right thing for not matching that amount.
Good luck to him unless he plays the Cards.
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That is how I feel about it.
 
#3,473
#3,473
gorockytop101 said:
The man deserved a historic contract, and he got one.

However, now we won't have to pay him close to 30M a year in his late 30's/early 40's.
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Exactly. The numbers are nowhere close but Braves fans can tell you all about what it's like on the back end of one of these deals.
 
#3,474
#3,474
I will be pissed off and angry if my favorite team's star leaves for someone else... and he very well could in 2 years...

But for Pujols, 30-50 million more to live in LA and DH your last 4 years? Well....
 
#3,475
#3,475
Dbake005 said:
I will be pissed off and angry if my favorite team's star leaves for someone else... and he very well could in 2 years...

But for Pujols, 30-50 million more to live in LA and DH your last 4 years? Well....
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Don't hate the player, hate the game...
 
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