JUPITER, Fla. – Over the last week or so, as it became more apparent the chasm between Albert Pujols(notes) and the St. Louis Cardinals in contract negotiations was wide as ever, fans started to take sides. And in a city where team trumps individual, it’s no surprise the overwhelming majority of Missourians pledged loyalty to the Cardinals and pox on the star.
The news that Pujols had rejected the Cardinals’ earlier offer for an extension did not sit well with his base. He’s greedy, they intoned. He’s all about money, they griped. He doesn’t want to be a Cardinal, they bleated. Pujols as punching bag was just starting, and it was bound to get ugly until something happened Wednesday afternoon.
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