[Chief Henry]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

For the record -- when BRC said nobody would turn on Albert Pujols in a contract situation, this is what I meant.

Look -- Cardinals fans love Albert, but they love their Redbirds more.

Albert is currently criminally underpaid yet he's taking some arrows for his failure to produce to his previous levels.

Now, make him overpaid and put him in his decline years. In other words, he's about to make more money than anyone in the history of the game while also producing at a lesser clip than he's ever produced.

Albert has not spent a day of his major league career being overpaid. From the moment he made the show, he's has wildly outperformed his contract. So it's been easy for Cardinals fans to heap undying love on him because he's never been someone that did anything but help STL win ballgames.

Just wait, folks. When he's making $30 million/season and complaining about not getting help around him, while also not producing to his previous levels -- the city is not going to be interested in his bitching.

You're seeing only the tip of the iceberg right now.

The lineup around ALbert is not helping him do his job at all. SKIP has GOT to get on base MORE. Its not all on Skip, but it starts with him. He got that first inning single today and the boys behind him didn't do crap.