Posted on 12/08/2011 10:28:32 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Los Angeles Angels swooped in to win the Albert Pujols sweepstakes with a quarter-billion dollar offer the superstar slugger just could not refuse.
With his old team the St. Louis Cardinals and the Florida Marlins engaged in a bidding war for the first baseman's services, the Angels appear to have blown everyone out of the water with a 10-year offer that may be as much as $260 million.
Pujols led his team to a World Series title this past season, but his longtime manager, Tony LaRussa, announced his retirement and Pujols previous contract expired. At the beginning of the season, the Cardinals exercised a $16 million option, which allowed them to keep their star at a below-market rate for the season. But Pujols rejected a multiyear extension and broke off talks during the season.
The Angels' rookie general manager Jerry Dipoto pulled off the deal, but with Pujols set to turn 32 in January, the deal may last longer than his days as a productive player. He's actually coming off the worst season in his illustrious 11-year career, having failed to bat .300 or drive in 100 runs for the first time.
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And I pay taxes like Willie Nelson!
I’m pretty sure the CEO cutting Pujols’ checks isn’t hurting.
Is this an email address?
a new TV deal that raised television revenues by $100 million per year.
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Life’s good .. Obama donors? ;-)
Used to be 25 million was the whole team’s salary..
Dang.. I wish him and his investment team well ..
He is one buff dude.. and peaking.. sort of.
none of these hundred million dollar players ever pan out with the new team
.. add Barry Zito with the Giants :-) .. he’s engaged, may all his kids be lefties.
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