Pujols signs w Angels

[Willie Lanier]

per Dan Patrick Show

wow

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Pujols to be back in the Astros' division in 2013. Wooooo!

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Those jerseys would look excellent as torn up rags acting as the fuse for a sea of Molotovs careening through the windows of 5 Restaurant.

Mine just found their way into the garbage.

[KC_Connection]

The Cardinals should have made sure to lock him up last spring. Huge mistake in not getting it done then. Hard to believe he took the money and left the Cards, though. I don't think anybody saw this coming...I sure didn't. I'd be interested to know what kind of legacy he'll have with Cards fans now.

Contracts like this, by the way, make me appreciate Roy Halladay even more...that guy has willingly accepted three bargain contracts in a row to stay with the team he wanted to play on (including the most recent 3 year/60M extension in 2009). Plus those decisions have kept him away from the Yankees, which nobody wants to see. It's truly not about maximizing his earning potential with him, it's about winning games. It's rare...but not everybody takes the money.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

It's like the reverse Mcgwire. Mcgwire wins the Title and does steriods in cali then goes to ST LOUIS to win jack shit but break records Pujols does the steriods and wins WS then goes to cali to break records.

Haha...you know, I do wonder if anything will come out about Pujols taking PEDs now that he's out of St. Louis.

[evenfall]

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

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by evenfall

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

I'd like to think I would turn it down to preserve my legacy, but I'm not in the position to say. That's a lot of money.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Those jerseys would look excellent as torn up rags acting as the fuse for a sea of Molotovs careening through the windows of 5 Restaurant.

Originally Posted by frazod

Mine just found their way into the garbage.

heh, looks good on him. : )

[jd1020]

They couldn't have found him a more deformed hat.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Did you hear what those dickchuggers did?

Free angel food cake with any meal.

Seriously, **** the manager at 5...

WTF?

[kysirsoze]

I know it's been referenced, but I didn't see this quote in here from a couple years ago:

"People from other teams want to play in St. Louis and they're jealous that we're in St. Louis because the fans are unbelievable. So why would you want to leave a place like St. Louis to go somewhere else and make $3 or $4 more million a year? It's not about the money. I already got my money. It's about winning and that's it. It's about accomplishing my goal and my goal is to try to win. If this organization shifts the other way then I have to go the other way."

Damn

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

This is how we KU fans felt when Roy Williams left after saying he wasn't going to numerous times and even cussed at a reporter for bringing it up. Then he was gone. Stings. Luckily we beat his ass in the final four in '08 en route to a title. Now we're pretty much over it heh.

Roy didn't leave for this kind of money though obviously and I'm not sure which way stings more for the fans. Like KU basketball though, the Cardinals will go on just fine without Pujols.

I know you Cards fans feel slighted and I get that... maybe remember the first half of the season when he sucked... and that he was only really good in one of the World Series games... and you guys still won. What I'm saying is Pujols isn't the be-all, end-all. He's one guy who's now overpaid like many before him and heading into the downside of his career. You guys might even end up with a more overall complete team without one guy making so much.

**** Pujols. He's another money grubbing, no loyalty athelete. Not the first and won't be the last. I have a feeling when his career is over he'll look back on his time in StL and those two rings as the high point of his life.

[Rams Fan]

Nice article by Nightengale detailing the negotiations.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...D=ane1966aswcs

I'm not pissed at Albert, but I am upset about this(if true):

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly participated in Pujols' charity tournament Saturday. They had become friends over the years and Mattingly sensed something was awry in Pujols' relationship with the Cardinals' front office.
"There was a frustration there," said Mattingly, who grew up a Cardinals' fan in Evansville, Ind. "You could just sense something was wrong. He was getting frustrated by it.
"I hoped he would stay in St. Louis because he's such a legend there. He's like [Derek] Jeter and Cal [Ripken], but I also knew he would go where his heart would take him. People talk about the money, but I knew he would be following his heart."
Pujols' frustration stemmed from two years of not being able to come to an agreement with the Cardinals on a long-term contract extension and sensing the team didn't view him as a priority. He helped the team to the World Series championship this season in the final year of an eight-year, $116 million deal.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by beer me

I know you Cards fans feel slighted and I get that... maybe remember the first half of the season when he sucked

He was pretty much putting up his career average numbers from May on. He had a terrible April.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

He was pretty much putting up his career average numbers from May on. He had a terrible April.

It just seemed longer I guess. I remember watching games thinking "this is going to hurt his free agency." Yeah... well... I've been wrong before.

[tk13]

Oh I think it's obvious there was something he was very unhappy with about St. Louis. Whether that was real or imagined in his own head, who knows. But if he really wanted to stay he never would've let it get to this point in the first place. He would've signed last offseason.