Comments on: Quotebook: DeWitt, Mozeliak, Smoltz, et al http://www.fungoes.net/2009/10/14/quotebook-dewitt-smoltz-et-al/ Official blog of the St. Louis chapter of SABR Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cardinal70 http://www.fungoes.net/2009/10/14/quotebook-dewitt-smoltz-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Cardinal70 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:17:01 +0000 http://www.fungoes.net/?p=2140#comment-5561 While for the most part I want a team to run logically, efficiently, and with a clear head, Pujols is not one of those times. I have trouble believing that AP's overpayment in the downside of his career could ever make up for the MVP-level performances he gave at league minimum or slightly above. I could handle a bad year or two from the team due to payroll constrictions to keep Pujols in a Cardinal jersey for the entirety of his career. It may not be logical, may not be the best use of resources, but we do have to keep some of the heart and emotion in the game. It doesn't have to overwhelm things, but it needs to play out in important decisions such as Pujols. While for the most part I want a team to run logically, efficiently, and with a clear head, Pujols is not one of those times.

I have trouble believing that AP’s overpayment in the downside of his career could ever make up for the MVP-level performances he gave at league minimum or slightly above.

I could handle a bad year or two from the team due to payroll constrictions to keep Pujols in a Cardinal jersey for the entirety of his career. It may not be logical, may not be the best use of resources, but we do have to keep some of the heart and emotion in the game. It doesn’t have to overwhelm things, but it needs to play out in important decisions such as Pujols.

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