I’d take this argument more seriously if instead of targetting the wealthy player it targetted the mega-wealthy owner who refused to keep his best employee. Who was the one disrespecting the word of the Lord here?

That said, God has nothing to do with any of this. Even if the Pujols family feels it to be the case. This was business for DeWitt, and its likely Pujols’ faith that blinded him to the fact that businessmen will treat him like a commodity rather than a cherished family member.

You should read about the pharisees- the uber-wealthy pharisees who made a big display of charity vs. the poor woman who gives the majority of what she has silently. We praise Pujols and his nitwit wife (forgive me, Lord!) for their spectacular displays of giving, but honestly- it’s a drop of water from a large bucket. God wanted us to give so that we felt it.

Pujols was my son’s favorite baseball player- and we’re not even from St. Louis- from the time he learned to hold a bat. He was crushed by this news.

If Pujols and his wife are really “insulted” by the Cardinals offer, than they are afflicted with something worse than greed: pride. The bad kind of pride. I can’t imagine ditching a community that had supported me and cheered me on and embraced me because I was too proud to accept my employer’s (more than generous) offer. I suppose it could be argued that in the world of baseball legends, Pujols didn’t receive as generous of an offer as he may have “deserved.” But 99% of us live in the real world, a salary over 1M is unheard of, and 243M in ten years is something only daydreams are made of.

Don’t pull God into it, Deidre. Go back to your bible. You might stumble across this verse: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Why do you think you know its about greed, deception or ego? As opposed to exactly the reason his wife said it was, a feeling that the club was not as committed to Albert as Albert was to the club?

Secondly, why do you assume that its because he needed to have the largest possible contract? He is human. When I changed jobs this last year, more money was a consideration, but it was just one of many. The management, the project, the location and my career all factored in more heavily than the cash. What makes you think Pujols makes decisions about his career unlike almost everyone else?

And the reason he may feel the need to get his story out there is that he loves the team, the fans and the community. He is upset at the ownership. Should he just shut up while they continue to imply that he was a mercenary? I would be pretty upset if my former managers decieved my co-workers and clients about my reasons for leaving as well. A person has a reputation in life, defending their name is one of the more important things they can do.

As an aside, why is Pujols’s wife saying “we”? I’ve never seen her at the plate, or in uniform. Somebody PLEASE INSULT ME with an offer like the one ALBERT turned down!!!

Considering he’s the best player in the game thats pretty lame.

On a side note, I watched the press conference to get closure on the matter of Albert not wearing the Birds on the Bat logo anymore. It was nice to portray Albert as a family man because AJ and Deidre were announced as well. But the last I knew, they still have 2 daughters as well. Just because they have Downs Syndrome, does that mean that they couldn’t have been present or at least have gotten a shout out?? “Here is my ‘perfect’ side of the family and I won’t even acknowledge my 2 daughters with DS”?? I was suprised Lazano wasn’t on stage as well.

Utter horses#!t on his behalf there.

I do believe that the Cards FA did eff up somewhat with their “5 year” deal. I originally thought that they should have offered him 5 years at 30-35 mil to make him happy with his AAV issue, then have another 5 years tacked on for (vesting) options, incentives or whatever. Then at that time his personal services contract could have started if he saw that “God” told him it was time to retire because of his declining stats / dead elbow / cant walk because of his feet and the fact that he was still standing in the way of a promising 1st baseman coming from Memphis. The Cards FA hasn’t come out to say that their intentions were as such and Lazano wasn’t shoving the Angels phone with a smile on his wallet, I mean on his face, as opposed to the mad face when he handed the Cardinals phone to Albert.

I am honored to have watched almost 98% of the Cardinals games (born & raised in the Lou & residing in Delaware) over the past decade with him on the team. He was my generations Stan Musial and I am grateful to have that for the rest of my life.

Too bad his legacy ended too soon in St. Louis. I was waiting for the unveiling of his statue at Busch Stadium.

So, the only thing a team spends money on is their players? Well, apart from the $20 million in stadium debt payments, I think there are many, many other things apart from player salaries that teams spend money on.