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Pujols and the Cardinals: Is it a matter of trust?
Thoughts about why the Albert Pujols contract negotiations with the St. Louis Cardinals appear to be moving so slowly. Having spent this past weekend at the St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm-Up and...
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Still flipping out over Flip
In case you missed it, on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays announced the signing of free agent infielder Felipe Lopez to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training camp....
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Pujols’ contract remarks from spring 2009 and 2010
What did St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols say about his contract in spring training during the most recent two springs? With no clear indications that St. Louis Cardinals first baseman...
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Could Pujols’ situation end up like Jeter’s?
At first blush, there seem few similarities between St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. One is a Dominican-born slugger with three Most Valuable...
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Where will the Pujols-Hendry bromance lead?
As the old saying goes, the only two sure things in life are death and taxes. The 2011 Albert Pujols version of the phrase includes the certainties of hitting and money, lots of both. In the...
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Previewing MLB’s new labor agreement
Though its announcement is expected early in the week, some of the key components of the new agreement between Major League Baseball players and owners have begun to be divulged. Following is a summary...
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Miami sideshow leads to more Pujols age questions
The ongoing subject of Albert Pujols’ age continues to make the papers, still without any substantiation. The 31-year-old free agent first baseman recently visited the Miami Marlins, the only club...
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St. Louis Cardinals arbitration offer predictions
A number of significant changes simplifying Major League Baseball’s free agent compensation rules have been announced as part of the new 2012-2016 Collective Bargaining Agreement between players and...
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A new Pujols-Cubs bromance with Theo?
Last spring, the highly-publicized embrace between then-St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and then-Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry received wide attention as a potential signal of...
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It’s ok. Just don’t insult us, Albert. It was about the money.
Former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is now a member of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He says it is a matter of the heart, but all signs point to dollars. Today, I have been...
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Two years of Albert Pujols age and contract coverage
There is no doubt in my mind that the contract status of new Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman Albert Pujols has been my single most written-about subject here at The Cardinal Nation Blog...
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Cardinals fans living the Pujols grief model
I don’t want to over-dramatize the decision made by Albert Pujols to shift his place of employment from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but looking at recent Twitter and...
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How much should the Cardinals offer Yadier Molina?
In yesterday’s post, we looked at some of the factors surrounding the upcoming free agency of St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. In a poll at the conclusion of the article, I gave readers...
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Pujols to be ESPN The Magazine’s cover boy
One version of the “insider story” of Albert Pujols’ signing with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim has already been told – from the perspective of his agent, Danny Lozano – in a December 8 article by...
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Finalizing the fans’ contract offer to Yadier Molina
Last week, we ran a poll to consider the wide variety of salary options the St. Louis Cardinals might have in offering an extension to catcher Yadier Molina, who is on the path toward becoming a free...
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Defending Yadier Molina
As 2011 became 2012, I predicted that catcher Yadier Molina’s contract situation will be the second-biggest story of the New Year for the St. Louis Cardinals, behind Adam Wainwright’s comeback from...
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Time to stand down on Molina’s contract
Reporting and digesting the news is generally a good and necessary endeavor. Yet in some cases, blow-by-blow reports and reactions to it can become too much. Such is the case with catcher Yadier Molina...
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The Molina contract: What the writers are saying
Perhaps because it was expected long before it was official, but in a web search conducted the morning after the announcement of the St. Louis Cardinals’ five-year, $75 million contract extension with...
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If the Cardinals can’t keep Wainwright, what is the best consolation prize?
Compensation picks are the parting gifts of Major League Baseball. They are intended to take a bit of the sting out of the hurt felt by contestants who did not come out on top. So it is with free...
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The cost of letting Octavio Dotel go
Earlier, I wondered aloud how different the record of the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals in close games would have been had they kept reliever Octavio Dotel. This time, let’s look at the situation from...
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