Deidre Pujols gives some insight on why they left St. Louis

[MikeAD]

This is a good read, please merge Mods if this should be in another Albert thread.

Apparently they started off with a 5 year contract and the eventual 10 year deal had money deferred.

Interesting.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7346376/albert-pujols-wife-deidre-explains-why-los-angeles-angels-slugger-left-st-louis-cardinals

[backwardsk]

All I gotta say is that Tim Tebow would NOT be pleased with mrs. Pujols being mad at God.

[MikeAD]

I have been mad at God since he gave Albert Belle and Scott Erickson injuries. We were going places man!!!

[Austin]

All I gotta say is that Tim Tebow would NOT be pleased with mrs. Pujols being mad at God.

My husband just had the most miraculous decade anyone could have hoped for and I'm mad at God because the Cardinals didn't start with a 10 year contract.

What in the world?

[NewMarketSean]

Is Mrs. Pujols the same woman who said "Obama gon' pay my bills!"?

[Tony-OH]

Barf!

This woman lives in the same reality as her husband. Clearly $210 million over 10 years was a slap in the face. Give me a break! Go count your money and shut the hell up.

[Remember The Alomar]

The last line is horrific. No, Diedre, I doubt god gives a crap where you're husband plays. Even more so, I doubt god cares about stupid little puns.

I can't till Godbow sorts all this out for us.

[Stotle]

Pujols won the Cardinals two World Series and provided 87.9 fWAR over an 11-year period during which he earned about $109 MM (about $1.24 MM per win).

After giving the organization a huge team friendly deal the last time around, he was tendered an initial offer of 5-years for $130 MM.

Philly gave Ryan Howard an extension (Howard has less leverage in this negotiation as it included a bump in then-current salary for arbitration years) an offer of 5-years for $125.

Essentially, the Cardinals offered the deal Ryan Howard got while he was still under team control...

[Can_of_corn]

Pujols won the Cardinals two World Series and provided 87.9 fWAR over an 11-year period during which he earned about $109 MM (about $1.24 MM per win).

After giving the organization a huge team friendly deal the last time around, he was tendered an initial offer of 5-years for $130 MM.

Philly gave Ryan Howard an extension (Howard has less leverage in this negotiation as it included a bump in then-current salary for arbitration years) an offer of 5-years for $125.

Essentially, the Cardinals offered the deal Ryan Howard got while he was still under team control...

I think his slow start this season gave the Cardinals pause about offering him a 9-10 year contract. I think they intentionally blew the negotiations.

[NewMarketSean]

I think his slow start this season gave the Cardinals pause about offering him a 9-10 year contract. I think they intentionally blew the negotiations.

They pulled a page out of the Orioles playbook..."well we offered him blah, blah, blah..."

[adamwolff11]

They pulled a page out of the Orioles playbook..."well we offered him blah, blah, blah..."

And I think we all know the Orioles playbook should be kept under lock and key in that, "DO NOT OPEN" drawer..

[Don Quixote]

Thanks for the link; I read this last night but the Christmas tree follies got in the way of me posting.

Crazy crap, eh?

[EddieMurrayfan]

She didn't say she stayed mad at God. A lot of people initially react to something and question, or get mad at God. Often it is just an initial normal reaction and is only very temporal. I appreciate her honesty and don't consider it reason for bashing her.

[TonySoprano]

Barf!

This woman lives in the same reality as her husband. Clearly $210 million over 10 years was a slap in the face. Give me a break! Go count your money and shut the hell up.

How much money does a person need in one life? At 5 years and $130 million her grandchildren will never want for anything in their life. She ought to be on her knees every day thanking God for what she does have. Because they gave to charity, God owes them something? Albert better keep it in his pants and not mess around because clearly half of $260 million won't satisfy her in a settlement.