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| Posted: Sun Dec 11th, 2011 09:56 pm |
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mike3775
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Famous Mortimer wrote: Everyone is making a shedload of money out of the game, so as the players are the ones generating it, they should be rewarded appropriately. If there was less money in the game, then the players should be paid less. Seems simple.Its gonna happen sooner or later where even the rich fans say enough is enough and skip games. I got to that point in 06 when the White Sox raised ticket prices after winning the world series, after that, I never go to games much, and when I do, its only with friends and not family for the most part to save money
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12th, 2011 07:18 am |
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Famous Mortimer
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I completely agree.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13th, 2011 02:32 pm |
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mike3775
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Pujols wife sure isn't helping him right now
Insulted over a 5 yr $130 million deal at his age(which is rumored to be older than stated at that)?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13th, 2011 04:02 pm |
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Famous Mortimer
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The idea that someone who claims to be humble, working for God, completely committed to staying in St. Louis, would be insulted by being offered $130 million for 5 years work is the worst of it, I think. The thread running through the statements made by both sides is that Pujols wanted a certain level of money, and didn't care who gave it to him. If he'd genuinely wanted to stay a Cardinal, he would have done, and indeed said as much a few years ago. It's nowhere near as bad as the LeBron bullshit, but he's absolutely not covering himself in glory with the things he's saying. If he just said "I feel I'm worth X dollars, and St. Louis couldn't give it to me, and it makes me sad to leave the team, but I have to go where the money is", I wouldn't have felt much better about it, but he'd be being honest, rather than this crap that everyone can see through anyway. Last edited on Tue Dec 13th, 2011 04:07 pm by Famous Mortimer |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13th, 2011 04:12 pm |
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katook
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I can't blame any athlete for taking as much money as he can,if the owners are willing to pay it,as your whole career can end in an instant. What I do have a beef with is when guys say things like they want to "play here forever" then they turn right around and leave to somewhere else over money,after they have allready made enough millions of $$$ to last several lifetimes. John Stockton said he allways wanted t play for the Utah Jazz and that he would never leave,and actually turned down offers for bigger money elsewhere to finish out his career there,but that's a super rare thing.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13th, 2011 07:18 pm |
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mike3775
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katook wrote: I can't blame any athlete for taking as much money as he can,if the owners are willing to pay it,as your whole career can end in an instant.I dont blame them either, but will call them sell outs if they say what you mentioned, like Pujols did. Pujols deserves the scorn he has been getting lately since the announcement. His wife did him zero favors with her comments at all. I have always had respect for guys like Tony Gywnn and Stockton, who did turn down offers to go elsewhere during their careers to remain where they played at. There isn't many players left like that. I can't think of many players right now who have been on the same team for at least 10 years honestly and who are still on those teams
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13th, 2011 09:57 pm |
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Chrisstlouis
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Too bad the twunt didnt know how things work. The Cards offered a higher per year value. 26 million instead of the 19-20 of the previous offer. Then they went to 10 yrs and 220. I guess the Cards were just supposed to hand over a blank check??
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14th, 2011 08:20 am |
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Famous Mortimer
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Chrisstlouis wrote: Too bad the twunt didnt know how things work. The Cards offered a higher per year value. 26 million instead of the 19-20 of the previous offer. Then they went to 10 yrs and 220. I guess the Cards were just supposed to hand over a blank check?? And also to pay him some post-career "ambassadors" contract, which seems to me the sort of thing retired players have done since time immemorial for free? If you can get it, then fair enough I suppose, but I'm sure the Cardinals would have offered him something towards the end of his career. I don't want to dislike Pujols, and indeed in the days immediately after the announcement I didn't. But this is a perfect example of how not to spin something after the event. When your fans are on shitty wages and paying a fortune (relatively) to enter the ballpark, calling $26 million a year an "insult" is just going to piss them off. Last edited on Wed Dec 14th, 2011 08:24 am by Famous Mortimer |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14th, 2011 12:42 pm |
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mike3775
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Famous Mortimer wrote: Chrisstlouis wrote:He has to feed his familyToo bad the twunt didnt know how things work. The Cards offered a higher per year value. 26 million instead of the 19-20 of the previous offer. Then they went to 10 yrs and 220. I guess the Cards were just supposed to hand over a blank check??
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2013 04:31 am |
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clawmaster Hall Of Famer
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Bump.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2013 05:26 am |
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CanadianHorseman
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clawmaster wrote:Bump. Why ????? 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2013 05:32 am |
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It had to be bumped the Fielder contract was never revisited. What did Prince get? Who won the debate.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2013 05:35 am |
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sek69
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Pujols has been a bust for the Angels and is now probably done for the year with a foot injury, and the Cardinals are in first place with the best record in the NL. So I guess St. Louis won.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2013 06:21 am |
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clawmaster Hall Of Famer
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sek69 wrote: Pujols has been a bust for the Angels and is now probably done for the year with a foot injury, and the Cardinals are in first place with the best record in the NL. That's why CH.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2013 08:47 am |
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TXM
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The Ultimate Sin wrote:It had to be bumped the Fielder contract was never revisited. On January 26, 2012 Fielder agreed to a nine-year, $214 million contract with the Detroit Tigers.
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