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With Thursday's news that Pujols has agreed to a 10-year, $254 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cardinals officials, players and fans are finally permitted say what has gone unsaid far too long -- that Albert Pujols is a pain in the rear.

ilstu24 wrote:Sorry for the wishy-washy post. But its been harder on me then I ever imagined it would be. Just need to vent.

jim wrote:I do agree spider ... never disagreed with that premise. Which is why buried in these pages is a comment that has been a little nugget for me, because it describes exactly who I was feeling leading up to the signing which went something like this: If he signed, I'd be happy but worried. If he didn't, I'd be sad but relieved.

M1IRONMIKE wrote:I don't know whether to believe anything in this article but found it interesting

With Thursday's news that Pujols has agreed to a 10-year, $254 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cardinals officials, players and fans are finally permitted say what has gone unsaid far too long -- that Albert Pujols is a pain in the rear.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/09/opinion/p ... index.html

jim wrote:I do agree spider ... never disagreed with that premise. Which is why buried in these pages is a comment that has been a little nugget for me, because it describes exactly who I was feeling leading up to the signing which went something like this: If he signed, I'd be happy but worried. If he didn't, I'd be sad but relieved.

I feel the same as Erik Manning does
" If Pujols re-signs I will be happy yet disgusted with the contract. If he signs with Miami I will be disgusted yet relieved"

Spider John wrote:From Bernie:

When the Cardinals approached Pujols and agent Dan Lozano about a contract extension, two years (or so) ago, this is what they were told: Pujols wanted the Alex Rodriguez contract of 10 years and $275 million. That was the starting point. So what was there to negotiate unless the Cardinals were willing to do the A-Rod deal or something close to it?

Confident in their chances of hitting a mega jackpot, Lozano and Pujols were understandably willing to explore free agency to make it happen. And they were correct; Pujols got $254 million. But there was never going to be an early-bird contract extension at a discount rate for the Cardinals. Lozano delayed Pujols' entry into free agency by accepting a short-money deal with the Cardinals for Pujols in 2004. Team Pujols wasn't going to settle for the short money again.



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stlouie_lipp wrote:

Spider John wrote:From Bernie:

When the Cardinals approached Pujols and agent Dan Lozano about a contract extension, two years (or so) ago, this is what they were told: Pujols wanted the Alex Rodriguez contract of 10 years and $275 million. That was the starting point. So what was there to negotiate unless the Cardinals were willing to do the A-Rod deal or something close to it?

Confident in their chances of hitting a mega jackpot, Lozano and Pujols were understandably willing to explore free agency to make it happen. And they were correct; Pujols got $254 million. But there was never going to be an early-bird contract extension at a discount rate for the Cardinals. Lozano delayed Pujols' entry into free agency by accepting a short-money deal with the Cardinals for Pujols in 2004. Team Pujols wasn't going to settle for the short money again.



Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ ... z1g73qJKwj

Yeah, I posted earlier that I was getting pissed hearing "the Cardinals blew it, they could have extended him before he reached free agency". They weren't willing to pay $254 million Wednesday, and they weren't willing to pay him that two years ago. How is that "blowing it"?