About today's QOTD: He's right. It's just business. Card fans should be thankful that they got his very best years. The Cardinals can be thankful that they got those best years ridiculously cheap. The Angels could afford to offer him a long-term, big money contract because they can transition Pujols, a pretty good fielding first baseman, to designated hitter as his fielding skills start to diminish. The Cardinals had to look at the long term. How much longer would he be an every day first baseman? I doubt he has 10 years in him at his position. In fact, I think he'll start being removed for defensive purposes in the next four or five years. In the National League, he'd also start taking day games off after night games and have to transition to pinch-hitter. A $25 million per season pinch-hitter would be thoroughly ridiculous.
5 song iTune shuffle:
- Homeward Bound [Live] - Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
- Chain Of Fools - The Commitments - The Commitments
- Mellow Yellow - Donovan - AM Gold: The '60s Generation
- Don't Damn Me - Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
- The Prophet's Song - Queen - A Night At The Opera
Quote of the Day
I'm sure others are working up a good sweat while delivering angry sermons that vilify Pujols for being disloyal, ridicule the Cardinals for being cheap or savage the Angels for overpaying an aging star.
Bernie Miklasz, St Louis Post-Dispatch
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "As for Pujols, who has 445 career home runs and 455 doubles, Cashman said that Pujols’s agent, Dan Lozano, had checked in on whether the Yankees might be interested acquiring him. Cashman politely declined."
Yeah, it's just business but it still sucks. Your analysis is spot on though. I guess the NL just needs to adopt the designated hitter. :)
No part of you ever wanted to see Mark Buehrle or Jack Morris come to bat after they dusted someone? :)