Nine runs? Christ, maybe we should sit Albert more often. :D

The sweat beads are dripping into his eyes and he needs a towel to wipe
them off. he might have dropped 5 lbs today.

BRC you are absolutley correct to pull Yadi right now. He needs a break.
Put him next to # 5.

Colby Rasmus: Why I love compensation for Type A Free Agents

Some friends and I are heading down to catch the May 20th game. Its
also on a Thursday afternoon. I hope Albert plays that game. But if this
keeps up, we might be up by 10 at that point.

Radio guys just said the D-Backs are beating the cubs 6-1 at W'ville :)

I heard on the radio that a bunch of pro-illegal alien douchebags were planning on protesting at Wrigley because the Cubs are playing Arizona. I hope they're enjoying the game. :D

:LOL:


Prolly a bunch of Polish Pro-illegal douchebags...Chicago's full of Polish people.
Prolly explains the cubs !!!

4 runs scored today. He's been an OBP machine thus far. :clap:

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Ryan Howard might have rocked the world of baseball bean counters everywhere this week with his five-year, $125 million extension. But here's one thing he didn't do:
Decimate the first-base free-agent market of 2011-12.

Yeah, it's sad to report that Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez, Prince Fielder and Lance Berkman don't have Howard around to keep them company, and feed them Subway footlongs, anymore. It won't be the same without him.

But allow us to point out that the four guys Howard abandoned have 17 All-Star appearances, six Silver Sluggers, three Gold Gloves and 10 40-homer seasons among them. So there's an excellent chance they'll get paid slightly more than, say, Alex Cintron in 2012.

So what does their market look like now? What are they worth? And are there enough teams out there to pay them what they're worth? You might be surprised. So let's take a look at the star-studded first-base class of 2011:

Sir Albert


If there's a living human who thinks Pujols will wind up playing anywhere other than St. Louis, please raise your hand. You need to get out more. The Cardinals' entire franchise is built around Pujols. They can't possibly let the best player on our planet walk -- or even make it to the auction. Right?
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"I don't even consider that a question," one GM said. "He's a god there. No way he leaves."

So the debate about Pujols isn't where he's going. It's how monstrous his checks will be. And let's just say that when we asked his agent, Jeff Borris, what effect Howard's deal might have on his client's earning power, Borris actually laughed.
"No contract has any effect on Albert," he said. "Albert is the best player in Major League Baseball. As great a superstar as Ryan Howard is, there's no comparison to Albert Pujols. He stands above all the rest."

The Cardinals, you'll be stunned to learn, have noticed that, too. So we're not sure what they're waiting for. But the best guess is that they'll get that extension done during the winter. And although it's hard to comprehend where the dollars will land, you can bet that, as one baseball man put it, his annual salary "is going to start with a '3'" -- as in $30 million a year for seven or eight years (i.e., the biggest salary ever).

The 1942-44 Cardinals also have a great argument. They won 3 consecutive pennants, two WS, and three straight 100+ games. Rob Neyer considers the 1942 team as one of the greatest of all time.

I chased my wife around the house with a broom last night. She was not amused. :evil:

So you and the right hand are going to become reaquainted again?

Left, actually. :D

From an article on A-Rods arrogance from foxsports.com. This is why I loved Gibby growing up...

Word of advice to Braden: Don’t issue threats, just do. The next time A-Rodsteps to the plate, send him a message.

That's what Bob Gibson did in 1972 when a San Diego rookie named Derrel Thomas elaborately dug in for his first big-league at-bat against the Cardinals' Hall of Fame-bound pitcher.

"'If you're going to dig, dig six feet,'" Dave Garcia, the Padres' third base coach at the time, recalls Gibson telling Thomas. Then Gibson threw the first pitch at Thomas’ neck.