Thursday, February 17, 2011

Spring Training Already?

   










 MVP Albert Pujols



Do these over paid baseball players ever have time to enjoy there money? I mean they are the "boys of the summer" and all but why do they end baseball in the fall and start in early spring? it doesn't make sense to me for one because outside of fielding a ground ball and catching a line drive, hitting a baseball is the only difficult part of this sport. I can't imagine why they have to play 160 some odd 3 plus hour games just to only send 6 of the 30 MLB teams to the playoffs. In the playoffs they play some really good baseball but the regular season and the elongated spring season has to be fixed.

This off-season two studs in the MLB where treated unfairly in my eyes by their respective teams during contract negotiations. Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees, who is hands down a Hall of Famer and maybe one of the best to put on pinstripes was actually told to test the free agency pool and see what you can get out there by Yankees GM Cashman. What a coward move by the Yanks, because you didn't have to rub it in his face that you guys was giving him the best offer out there. This guy is a bonafide gamer and great clubhouse guy, he did nothing but try and get paid like he felt he deserved.

Albert Pujols is hands down the best player in baseball and would love to see an argument otherwise. He goes in to this season with out a contract for the future. How the hell does that happen? I will tell you how, bad management. Puljos should have been given an extension last season and instead they paid Matt Holiday $126 million. What sense does that make? None. So now Albert goes into next fall with no contract and will test the small market of clubs that can afford his 10 year $300 Million asking price. Good luck with that Albert, I'm sure you will be a Cardinal again but the St. Louis management should be Bitch slapped for that one.




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