I shall come clean with full disclosure as I begin this blog. My writing was done approximately six hours prior to the seventh game of the National League Division Series and about 18-hours before I normally post my blog. This is the case because I wish to be totally unencumbered with statements before the outcome of the San Francisco 'Giants' and St. Louis Cardinals' game, which decides who goes to the World Series.
At the close of the 2011 World Series, which the Cardinals won, I watched and listened with great interest the ongoing negotiations for Cardinals' first baseman, Albert Pujols' services for this recent 2012 campaign. Naturally, I was hoping the Redbirds could re-sign the future Hall-of Fame slugger but at a reasonable financial cost; I did not want to see the the St. Louis franchise handicapped with exorbitant pay for 'one' player, i.e., Alex Rodriguez. Not long into those negoiation conversations with Pujols and his agent it became apparent that Albert 'The Great' was all about money and he grabbed a handsome record-breaking $254 million ten-year contract with the Los Angeles 'Angels.' This financial package represented about $34 million more than offered by St. Louis.
Pujols is still relatively young, in baseball years and perhaps his Angels will win a couple of World Series titles before he hangs up the spikes. However, when this deal went down all the MLB analysts and experts along with other talking heads had the 'Angels' not only winning the American League Championship but crowned as World Champs. It didn't happen! The team Pujols left is knocking at the door once again to return to the World Series.
Many Cubs' fans and other Central Division baseball fans will be pulling for the 'Giants' because of envy; Pujols is pulling for the 'Giants' because the 'little boy' in him would trade his salary difference in a heartbeat to be on his profession's biggest stage!
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