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#3,480
#3,480
Dbake005 said:
Except LeBron took less money...... funny how that works.
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Took less money to play for championships with his best friend. Pujols took more money to leave championships AND his best friend. To that I say HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
#3,481
#3,481
MLBPA definitely has some pull, but not as much as you're trying to make it out to be. Last time I checked he was a "free" agent. He can choose what he wants. CJ Wilson just took less money.
 
#3,482
#3,482
TBrown said:
MLBPA definitely has some pull, but not as much as you're trying to make it out to be. Last time I checked he was a "free" agent. He can choose what he wants. CJ Wilson just took less money.
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CJ Wilson is not close to being the overwhelming consensus best player in the game. Hard to compare the 2 deals.
 
#3,485
#3,485
VOLinthaATL said:
Agreed.
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Doubtful. It's his legacy. It's how he's remembered forever. It's the next 10 years of his life. It's not like he's setting the bar for other contracts. For this generation, he's close to a class of his own. MLBPA didn't sign with the Angels. Pujols did.
 
#3,486
#3,486
TBrown said:
Doubtful. It's his legacy. It's how he's remembered forever. It's the next 10 years of his life. It's not like he's setting the bar for other contracts. For this generation, he's close to a class of his own. MLBPA didn't sign with the Angels. Pujols did.
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He is setting the bar, just like Arod set the bar for this contract.

I do agree that he is ultimately the one making the decision, and he decided that being the highest paid 1B was most important (which is respectable).

However, with the increased cost of living, he'll actually be making less than what the Cards offered... so suck it Pujols!!! :p
 
#3,487
#3,487
I guess I've gotten over it. Honestly it's the organization's fault to begin with. They had 2 years to lock him up and they didn't get it done. I believe his heart was in STL and he loved it there, but he, along with everyone else in this country wants to be financially secure and wants to make the most money he can while he's still able to. Nobody deserves that kinda money and that many years, but if any player had to get it, I'd want it to be Albert. It's gonna be sad watching the Cards play without TLR in the dugout and that #5 not positioned on first base. Best of luck to ya, thanks for the fun ride.

Oh, and I really wanted his 500th homerun to be hit in Busch. :no:
 
#3,488
#3,488
Sith Vol said:
I guess I've gotten over it. Honestly it's the organization's fault to begin with. They had 2 years to lock him up and they didn't get it done. I believe his heart was in STL and he loved it there, but he, along with everyone else in this country wants to be financially secure and wants to make the most money he can while he's still able to. Nobody deserves that kinda money and that many years, but if any player had to get it, I'd want it to be Albert. It's gonna be sad watching the Cards play without TLR in the dugout and that #5 not positioned on first base. Best of luck to ya, thanks for the fun ride.

Oh, and I really wanted his 500th homerun to be hit in Busch. :no:
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My guess would be that they made a reasonable effort to sign him to an extension but never pushed too hard, and were never going to get in a huge bidding war over it. The Cardinals are too smart an organization for that. The back half of that contract is likely to be an albatross anyway, and that's without even taking into account the fact that Pujols's age is, ah, thinly documented. There's a reasonable chance that the Angels just gave a mammoth 10 year contract to a 34 year old player.

As far as the Pujols=traitor sentiment: it's almost always about the money. And if a player doesn't sign an extension and actually does make it all the way to free agency, then it's especially always about the money. Players who want to stay in a given city enough to take a significant hometown discount usually tell their agents to get the extension done ahead of time.

The great fallacy of fandom is that we always think the players care as much as we do -- about the team, about the wins and losses, about all of it. We're irrational and emotional about it. To them it's halfway a job and halfway a game they get paid to play. That's it.
 
#3,489
#3,489
Pujols was a greedy son of a bit. He took 30 million more to go play for a team less likely to win a championship and to leave his best friend and a place that idolizes him like he is a God. He is going to play for the second most popular team in his city, in a city that loves basketball more than baseball, and maybe football too.

He also took 30 million more to go live in a place where his COL will be higher and he will be taxed more.

It was all about money and I think pride since the Cardinals 'low balled' him to start.

Pretty bull all around, sucks especially since we cant jump on a Reyes either, although I dont think Id want that kinda money invested in him. Seriously hope theres a run at either Fielder or a SS (Rollins/HanRam) & a corner OF spot.

The Cardinals will move on, its only 10 years any way, and I think we can find a better way to spread that 220 million around.

It sucks, but it happened, time to make the team better and not care about that greedy POS at this point.
 
#3,490
#3,490
Vercingetorix said:
My guess would be that they made a reasonable effort to sign him to an extension but never pushed too hard, and were never going to get in a huge bidding war over it. The Cardinals are too smart an organization for that. The back half of that contract is likely to be an albatross anyway, and that's without even taking into account the fact that Pujols's age is, ah, thinly documented. There's a reasonable chance that the Angels just gave a mammoth 10 year contract to a 34 year old player.
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All of this.
 
#3,491
#3,491
10/220 was never on the table from the cardinals. Front office (and fans) had him pegged as a loyal, hometown discount kinna guy. Low-balled the F out of him. Too bad you were all wrong.
 
#3,493
#3,493
cascade11 said:
Pujols was a greedy son of a bit. He took 30 million more to go play for a team less likely to win a championship and to leave his best friend and a place that idolizes him like he is a God. He is going to play for the second most popular team in his city, in a city that loves basketball more than baseball, and maybe football too.

He also took 30 million more to go live in a place where his COL will be higher and he will be taxed more.

It was all about money and I think pride since the Cardinals 'low balled' him to start.

Pretty bull all around, sucks especially since we cant jump on a Reyes either, although I dont think Id want that kinda money invested in him. Seriously hope theres a run at either Fielder or a SS (Rollins/HanRam) & a corner OF spot.

The Cardinals will move on, its only 10 years any way, and I think we can find a better way to spread that 220 million around.

It sucks, but it happened, time to make the team better and not care about that greedy POS at this point.
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From what I have seen/read/heard about him he is a great guy that does a ton for the community, where he chooses to play baseball doesn't make him a POS.

It was a very smart move for Albert to go to the AL, he just extended his career by a couple years.
 
#3,494
#3,494
GahLee said:
From what I have seen/read/heard about him he is a great guy that does a ton for the community, where he chooses to play baseball doesn't make him a POS.

It was a very smart move for Albert to go to the AL, he just extended his career by a couple years.
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lol he mad
 
#3,496
#3,496
I'm just glad the organization didn't overstep their bounds in trying to keep him.

It will be strange seeing him in another uniform.
 
#3,498
#3,498
Don't really care where he went wanting that kind of contract, as long as we didn't re-sign him. A-Rod wasn't worth his $25 mil a year and neither is Pujols.
 
#3,499
#3,499
cascade11 said:
Pujols was a greedy son of a bit. He took 30 million more to go play for a team less likely to win a championship and to leave his best friend and a place that idolizes him like he is a God. He is going to play for the second most popular team in his city, in a city that loves basketball more than baseball, and maybe football too.

He also took 30 million more to go live in a place where his COL will be higher and he will be taxed more.

It was all about money and I think pride since the Cardinals 'low balled' him to start.

Pretty bull all around, sucks especially since we cant jump on a Reyes either, although I dont think Id want that kinda money invested in him. Seriously hope theres a run at either Fielder or a SS (Rollins/HanRam) & a corner OF spot.

The Cardinals will move on, its only 10 years any way, and I think we can find a better way to spread that 220 million around.

It sucks, but it happened, time to make the team better and not care about that greedy POS at this point.
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The guy has done enough for the city of STL to earn the right to become the highest paid 1B. That was unrealistic for us, so he moved on. No hard feelings.
 
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