Albert Pujols in cubbie blue

but bad for the fans who rather have championships.

Ricketts saw the price tag passed out in a sea of his own vomit!

On English and Writing lessons for all Americans. Starting right here.

Even in the outrageous circumstance the RedBirds don’t re-sign him, no way is Tommy-Boy isn’t going down another Soriano (x2, in dollars) road.

10 years?! Let’s see who’s stupid enough to do that. He’s 31, his decline will begin in 4-5 years. The last 2-3 will be brutal. In the 0.1PPM chance this will happen for the Cubs, I’d rather see something like 6yrs for $210M.

sure pullhose will not be on the cubs. Oh by the way their is a player with a nik name on the cubs named spellcheck. i suggest you look iinto it

…which they inevitably will…if only to stop the ridiculous pipe dream that he would somehow end up in Chicago.

There are so many reasons why that’s NEVER going to happen that I’m not even going to waste time going into them.

Bottom line is that the Cards will find some way to get Albert settle on 7-8 years at a mind numbing sum and we’ll all be able to all get on with our lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Louxfd-_ieI&NR=1&feature=fvwp

     Let’s just say the Cubs sign him somehow and the Cubs win it all with Pujols. That would be great but the title would feel like a product of the Cardinals. Then everytime the topic gets brought up, not only Cardinals fans but other critics would argue: “yeah you won it all just because of Pujols.” They would say it like Pujols himself is the entire team, and no one man is ever the entire… oh wait: “I’m taking my talents to…” I guess there is an exception.
     Imagine that, Pujols doesn’t get signed, he dicides to go somewhere else, SportsCenter creates the Pujols version of “The Decision”, and Pujols goes on the air and says: “I’m taking my talents to Chicago’s Northside.” Talk about drama, something the Cubs probably “proly” don’t need.
     At this stage, most Cubs fans want to see a title on the Northside by any means possible. But for me, I would like to see the Cubs give their critics as many reasons possible to keep them from saying: “yeah the Cubs won it all just because of [ reasons stated here ].” But, that’s just the way it is, critics are critics, they’ll inevitably find excuses, because that’s there they’re their job. With that said, David Kaplan I’m looking at you! Don’t make me send Paul Sullivan over their there. (Laughs)
     If Pujols and the Cardinals go their separate ways, hopefully he signs with an American League team so the Cubs don’t have to oppose him anymore. Okay i’ll admit it, there’s a small part of me that takes liking on the idea of Pujols in a Cubs uniform, but not a lot. Everything aside, the Cubs have already signed their new first baseman for 2011, so now I’m satisfied, amen.

     I was kidding about the SportsCenter thing. I was just doing it for laughs. I just wanted to tie in a dramatization paragraph with the end of my first paragraph.

I’d not be worried about what some knucklehead Cards fan might say if and when we won the WS with Big Albert at 1st.

I never said just one “knucklehead Cards fan” I said:

not only Cardinals fans but other critics would argue: "yeah you won it all just because of Pujols."

     I was not only referencing the whole Cardinals fan base itself creating a fictitious stereotype, but also critics. Maybe I should have revised my comment before posting by defining what I meant by “other critics”, so I’ll do it here. By “other critics” I meant people in general that you run into everyday. The type of people that pick up on any old stereotype and keep rehearsing it… and there’s plenty of them out there.
     Also, in regards to “other critics”, I would like to reference sports journalists that have regular columns in newspapers, magazines, internet, etc. Also journalists that make regular television / radio appearances. I’m not saying they’re going to say: “The Cubs won just because of Pujols.” But I imagine some would imply the stereotype. But then again, all this stuff is just what I think would happen if “all the cosmic tumblers clicked into place and the universe opened itself up for a few seconds to show you what’s possible.” : )
     Ever watch the Field of Dreams? OMG! I’m from the sixties! Out! Go back to where I came from! There’s no place for me here in the future! I should get back while I still can! (laughs)

     About the Cardinals fans, it just always seems like they go way out of their way to remind Cubs fans about our team’s history compared to their team’s history. So I imagine, since they already do it in the first place, they would continue do it by evoking the stereotype we’ve been discussing. They would probably just make t-shirts or bring a million laminated signs per fan as reminders.

     In fact, now that I’ve ranted so long about this stereotype, I think I’ve changed my view point on this whole “stereotype” thing. I think I would enjoy seeing Cardinals fans go out of their way to create a stereotype while we celebrate a world series title. Ha! I’m glad I came to that. I guess my admission in my initial comment:

Okay i’ll admit it, there’s a small part of me that takes liking on the idea of Pujols in a Cubs uniform, but not a lot.

was trying to tell me something.

     BTW, I couldn’t really understand the last sentence in your response. Can you elaborate on it for me?

The Cubs are considering Pujols.. I hope they don’t do it, though, at these prices. I also think the Cards are seriously considering releasing him if he wants 10/300, and think that would be the right decision.

And the $29.50 Beer……..Cards re-sign Pujols

and to the OP, use proper grammar and words. Spellcheck, grammar check, they’re/their/there, salery. I could go on but everybody has had a field day with the grammar and spelling anyway.

According to mlbtraderumors.com this nugget is in Buster Olney’s latest blog (which I can’t access because it’s an Insider story):

•Both the Mets and Dodgers have been mentioned as hypothetical landing spots for Albert Pujols, who will hit free agency if he doesn’t sign an extension by the time Spring Training starts. One rival executive suggested to Olney that the Cubs could become the top bidder for Pujols if he hits the open market. “I think their ownership is gearing up for that,” the executive said.

 It has already started to become over the top with new columns being written every single day about him. The black cloud over Busch stadium is getting bigger by the minute. The Cardinals know the possibilities. If they come anywhere close to his demands, their hands are bound for many many years If they don’t they will never live it down. If he does somehow sign with us, that team and it’s fanbase will go up in flames for a long long time.

 They are gonna have to hear about the Pujols’ contract before every game and after every game and between games and during games.

That he’ll go into this offseason without a contract to show the Cardinals that he means business. He’ll talk with clubs like the Angels and Cubs to drive up the price. He doesn’t have the luxury of a bidding war right now with one team involved. There will be “rumors” that he’s leaning one way or another, but when it all comes down to it, he’ll end up re-signing with the Cardinals for the biggest contract in history and follow it with a press conference saying that he always wanted to retire as a Cardinal.

I also don’t have any confidence that we’d spend money on a game changer like him. I think we’ve gone back to the bean-counting, bid just enough to look like we were serious, hold no one responsible for dumb decisions, lowering payroll days of Cubs management.

Let’s face it. He has too many roots there, he’s a legend there, his family is established there, and it would be a public relations disaster if he went anywhere else, especially to the Cubs (which would upset his current Cardinal fans even more). We can speculate about it and wish all we want to, but he’ll end up right back with the Cardinals when everything is all said and done.

Even if it doesn’t happen (and we all know it’s unlikely), it’s fun to imagine and to tease Cardinal Nation. Hope he doesn’t re-sign too early, I’m psyched to wear this to the series at Wrigley in May:

Wait ’Til Next Year!

just might be worth $300 million to see the cardinal fans heads collectively explode.