It seems not long ago that Pujols entered the league and we all got a chance to giggle at another amusing athlete name, but those giggles turned to gawking as he quickly asserted himself to become the most dominant player in the game for the last decade.
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| Were he not so talented, Pujols still would have belonged to a rich history of hilariously-named athletes. |
Now an icon in St. Louis and the most valuable player in baseball, Pujols plans on seeing, pecuniarily speaking, what his body of work means to his team and league.
One thing that teams will count against him though is that he's basically the opposite of that dude from Memento. Sure, long-term we see all the great things you've done, Albert, but maybe you're forgetting that recent disaster known as "The Decision?"
- (St. Louis - Nelly) x (rock n' roll/blues) = Cleveland
- The Cardinals without Albert would be, at best, a .500 team when you deduct his average Wins Above Replacement (WAR) of 8. That's triple the WAR of his Cardinal teammates at 2B, SS, and 3B combined.
The major difference with LeBron is that Pujols already has a World Series ring, so he could be shipping out of St. Louis solely for the Benjamins. At least LeBron had winning on his mind, and he wasn't going to win in Cleveland. (Of course, the Heat need to figure out how to beat the Celtics before THAT team has a chance, but that's a blog-slam for another day.)
Whatever his motivations, it's time for Nostradanger to prognosticate his future whereabouts:
