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Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« on: January 28, 2011, 05:40:58 PM »

Offline Mike-Dub

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Is it possible that Pujols is a $300 million man?

There has never been one in baseball history, you know -- not even Alex Rodriguez. But scuttlebutt from other clubs is that that's where Pujols and Lozano began the conversation.

Ten years. At $30 million a year. For a total of $300 million.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove10/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=6056760

Crazy.
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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2011, 05:53:00 PM »

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I guess it doesn't hurt to ask...
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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2011, 05:56:09 PM »

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Quote from: Roy H. on January 28, 2011, 05:53:00 PM
I guess it doesn't hurt to ask...

Good point... This is fairly absurd.


If Omar Minaya was still managing my Mets i bet hed give him 10 years 300 mil only to have Pujols get his arm cut off in year one and miss the next 9 years of his guaranteed contract.
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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2011, 05:56:48 PM »

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If I'm the Cardinals, I'm careful.  Baseball is not the star dominated sport that basketball is.  Unlike basketball when a star can literally influence every play over the course of a game, Pujols is only up every 9 times and can only field a ball hit in his direction.  Quite simply, if the game is on the line, Pujols might not be up.  

If the Cardinals want to make the jump into the next payroll category, they should go for it.  But if not, they might want to pass.  This could also handcuff them for a very, very long time.  

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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2011, 06:15:18 PM »

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That's a whole lot of cash.. wow.
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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2011, 06:57:11 PM »

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That is ridiculous. Too much money it doesn't matter how good he is... that is beyond crazy.
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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2011, 07:13:47 PM »

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Re: Albert Pujols asking for 10 years $300 million?
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2011, 09:50:03 PM »

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Not that I think pro-athletes deserve anywhere near the money they make, but that is about market value for Pujols. He has an amazing resume and quite a few years left in him. Maybe you do 8 years with 2 option years, but in comparison, I don't think 30 mill is out of the question.

With ARod's contracts, the first at 25 mill for 10 years would probably be more nowadays with inflation, and, in his last one, there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the guy when he signed.

Good for these guys being able to 'earn' all of this money. It is, afterall, a business...but it still does kinda make me sick.
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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2011, 09:53:38 PM »

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what happened to just playing for the love of the game
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« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2011, 10:13:13 PM »

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Quote from: BASS_THUMPER on January 28, 2011, 09:53:38 PM
what happened to just playing for the love of the game

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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2011, 05:48:12 PM »

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I have a feeling that somehow, by the time this is all over, Pujols will end up on the Yankees. I know it sounds strange, but I think it will happen.
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2011, 06:41:47 PM »

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At some point the public won't be able to afford tickets.  Is he worth it?  If an owner thinks he is, he is.                 

Call me strange...But the person I'm paying to watch next season is Jim Thome.  I love every swing being for the fences.  There was talk of playing for the love of the game earlier in this thread.  I don't know any of these guys....But if I were to choose anybody who outwardly seems to play for the love of the game, it's Thome.
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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2011, 07:10:13 PM »

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Pujols deserves to be the highest paid player in the MLB.

He has put up the numbers without having the great hitting lineups offering him protection.

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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2011, 08:06:21 PM »

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Isn't he 30 years old now?

who wants pay someone who's 37..38, 39, 40 ... 30 mil a year
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