http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/02/albert-pujols-rumors-sunday.html
(沒什麼內容...就是一些各方人士對普吼人生的看法)
Albert Pujols Rumors: Sunday
By Luke Adams [February 13, 2011 at 8:51am CST]
Joel Sherman of the New York Post typically covers New York's baseball teams,
but in today's column he acknowledges that many of the sport's biggest stories
are taking place outside of the Big Apple. His number one story to watch as
Spring Training gets underway? Albert Pujols' contract negotiations with the
Cardinals. An AL executive told Sherman that the Cards' nightmare scenario
involves not only failing to extend Pujols, but seeing him end up in a Cubs
uniform in 2012. The three-time MVP winner "would be to the Cubs what [Barry]
Bonds was to the Giants, but with a nicer face and nine games a year at Busch
Stadium," said the exec. Here are the rest of the latest stories on the
negotiations:
一名AL經理人對Sherman(NY Post)表示，紅雀的夢魘不單是沒法成功續約Pujols
更壞的狀況是2012年時被小熊隊簽走。(小熊明年拿冠軍?)
* St. Louis GM John Mozeliak declined comment on whether the team has made a
formal offer to Pujols. Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch hears
that no official offer was on the table as of early last week, with the club
"expected to present a bid" closer to Pujols' deadline.
關於紅雀先前是否已提了一份正式offer給Pujols，紅雀GM拒絕在此事做評論。
Joe Strauss(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)打聽到的情報是，
過去一禮拜並無正式offer擺上檯面，但在接近期限前紅雀會有所動作。
* Whether or not an agreement is reached, the Cardinals plan to publicly
address the negotiations on Wednesday, Strauss adds.
Strauss補充，不管是否達成合約共識，紅雀都計畫在禮拜三(2/16)公開協商狀況。
* Bernie Miklasz of the Post-Dispatch views the Spring Training deadline as
merely the "first checkpoint" in extension discussions, calling it
"essentiall bogus."
Bernie(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)則認為，所謂的春訓deadline僅僅只是"第一集"，
關於延長合約這部分還有很多梗好演呢！
* A GM for a larger-market team weighed in on the topic while talking to Nick
Cafardo of the Boston Globe: "[The Cardinals] should stick to a number that
makes sense for them, and if it’s not good enough, then you walk away."
However, the GM went on to say that he thinks a deal will get done. "They
probably have to do it," he said. "Because not doing it would create chaos
and possible loss of revenue."
一名大市場球隊GM表示，紅雀應該堅持一個對球隊有意義的數字；且他猜想紅雀
將會搞定這件事，因為不這麼做的話，將會引起局勢的混沌而且可能喪失收益。