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Willie Lanier · 12-08-2011, 09:08 AM

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**Bearcat** · 12-08-2011, 09:10 PM

I get why Cardinals fans would be a little bitter, but it takes a lot of butthurt to put this on the scoreboard...

rtmike · 12-08-2011, 09:14 PM

I don't know. If someone offered me $30k more a year to do the same job I was doing except it was across town I don't have to tell you what I'd do.

More power to ya' Albert.

Swanman · 12-08-2011, 09:19 PM

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Honest question... do you guys think you would have turned down the $40 million more, or whatever the difference was?

I'm sure he made the same statements every athlete's agent tells them to, I love the ____, I want to retire a ____, I love ____ city... but I think he did the same thing anyone would. It's not like he's from St. Louis

Given his "cheap" contract already paid him $111 million and he was set to get over $200 million in the next contract, I would stay put and retire a legend in St. Louis. Over $300 million is just a reeruned amount of money. He has enough money for a thousand lifetimes, taking more money is just saying, "hey, look at me I am the highest paid which means I am the best". If Albert actually meant all the BS he talked about just wanting to win and loving St. Louis and all that, he would have fired his agent and taken a fair deal to stay in St. Louis.

Marcellus · 12-08-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Swanman

Given his "cheap" contract already paid him $111 million and he was set to get over $200 million in the next contract, I would stay put and retire a legend in St. Louis. Over $300 million is just a reeruned amount of money. He has enough money for a thousand lifetimes, taking more money is just saying, "hey, look at me I am the highest paid which means I am the best". If Albert actually meant all the BS he talked about just wanting to win and loving St. Louis and all that, he would have fired his agent and taken a fair deal to stay in St. Louis.

Pretty much sums it up. He needed another $40MM? Yea ok.

Rams Fan · 12-08-2011, 09:24 PM

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I get why Cardinals fans would be a little bitter, but it takes a lot of butthurt to put this on the scoreboard...

The Blues are ****ing geniuses.

**kysirsoze** · 12-08-2011, 09:29 PM

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I don't know. If someone offered me $30k more a year to do the same job I was doing except it was across town I don't have to tell you what I'd do.

More power to ya' Albert.

Can we stop acting like sports is exactly the same as every other job in the world?

If Albert just cares about money and could give a shit about his legacy, sure. I think most of the disappointment is from people who believed him when he said it wasn't about money, it was about the fans.

I'm not even an STL fan and I would have liked to see him stay a Cardinal. I just like great franchise players, especially when it's someone as great as Pujols. He went for the money, fine. But it's not like a software developer or something simply changing companies.

jd1020 · 12-08-2011, 09:31 PM

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Can we stop acting like sports is exactly the same as every other job in the world?

If Albert just cares about money and could give a shit about his legacy, sure. I think most of the disappointment is from people who believed him when he said it wasn't about money, it was about the fans.

I'm not even an STL fan and I would have liked to see him stay a Cardinal. I just like great franchise players, especially when it's someone as great as Pujols. He went for the money, fine. But it's not like a software developer or something simply changing companies.

We can also stop acting like sports players are living in $100,000 homes. Millionaires have millionaire lifestyles.

**kysirsoze** · 12-08-2011, 09:33 PM

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We can also stop acting like sports players are living in $100,000 homes. Millionaires have millionaire lifestyles.

Are you implying Albert's lifestyle demanded $25 million/year? $22 million/year wouldn't do it?

KC_Connection · 12-08-2011, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

We can also stop acting like sports players are living in $100,000 homes. Millionaires have millionaire lifestyles.

Most, not all.

jd1020 · 12-08-2011, 09:34 PM

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Are you implying Albert's lifestyle demanded $25 million/year? $22 million/year wouldn't do it?

I have no idea what his lifestyle demands. I guarantee its more than anyone on this board.

jd1020 · 12-08-2011, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Most, not all.

Well... not all are millionaires.

**kysirsoze** · 12-08-2011, 09:37 PM

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I have no idea what his lifestyle demands. I guarantee its more than anyone on this board.

Yeah, that's great. He's the one who said it wasn't about money. I'm sure he'd say that even now. He's still lying.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 12-08-2011, 09:38 PM

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I get why Cardinals fans would be a little bitter, but it takes a lot of butthurt to put this on the scoreboard...

Won't load for me for some reason.

crossbow · 12-08-2011, 09:42 PM

Dude gets more then 1/4 of a Billion dollars...geez.

I can't blame the Cardinals for not paying that much and I can't blame him for taking it.

**Bearcat** · 12-08-2011, 09:42 PM

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Won't load for me for some reason.

Huh, it's just youtube.

As you probably know, the Blues played the Anaheim Ducks tonight... on the scoreboard, they had "Random Local Athlete" with a Ducks logo in the background, then went to a pic of Pujols with an Angels' cap and Angels background. Then the same thing for St. Louis, with a pic of David Freese during the WS. The crowd reaction was... well, less than enthusiastic.

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