I read this article with interest. It concerns the contract that the Los Angeles Angels will have to honor with their injured first baseman, Albert Pujols.
The article takes the position that it will surpass Alex Rodriguez' contract as the most terrible deal in baseball. If you read the piece, it will be hard to argue with the author on that point. While nobody is happy about Pujols' season-ending injury, I am very pleased that St. Louis is not on the hook for Albert's contract.
For the better part of a decade, Cardinals fans got to watch an historically great baseball player, a Hall of Famer, when the time comes. And I was disappointed that he chose to leave in one way, but in another, I was glad that big bill was not St. Louis' to pay. It would have hamstrung efforts to build a roster around Pujols.
And the good news is, the Cardinals have not missed him. Yadier Molina has become the heart and soul of the team. I think you could argue he is more important to the team than Albert ever was. When Yadi goes down, as we recently saw, not only is the batting order disrupted, but I think the pitching also suffers.
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