I know the difference and there is a big difference between Shocked Shocked and surprised

Pujol is a very smart man i'm sure that this comment just gave him an extra 2 million per year on that extension HAHA.

If no steroids, then he should get a lot more than metabolic Alex!

Josean

You always have something stupid to say.

And if you read it and feel compelled to reply what does that make you?

Josean
And if you read it and feel compelled to reply what does that make you?

Well that makes one more of the people here annoyed by you stupid comments so add me to the list. and bringing non sense and off topic stupidity. Have you ever heard everybody is innocent until proven guilty. Do you have any prove to make a stupid comment like that if you do bring it up or simply admire the man for his talent and stop bringing you poison around his image.

You just can't handle the truth!

I think Mr. Pujols has the potential to be one of the all-time greats, but I am not blinded by nationalistic pride, if he is clean he should be compensated period. We all know how A-Fraud let us down. Now A-Fraud isn’t Dominican is he, didn’t he say that.

Well I am all confused like he is and I have never taken steroids!

a-rod is not Dominican as he said it him self so he didn't let me down because we belong to TWO different countries so all my chips are on Albert born and raised in the same country as me. Is funny how AROD was a American Superstar until he took steroids now he is more Dominican than platano y salami wow y que eh bajale un poco a tu acelerador.

Easy children,

A FRAUD, mentioned on game two of the ALCS that he is Dominican, I just felt we had enough with politicians to now include this clown in the parade... but he has money, so might as well be corrupted, sorry I meant politician in Dominican Republic.

he should sign with a team that can go all the way

I see that we, I assume that those who say they are dominicans are, as usual "killing" our own; It never ceases to amaze me how we continually mock and try to humiliate our own. Let's get past this Alex thing. The man will go down in history as one of the best ever. The steriod situation was AN ERA, he was one of many, perhaps the vast majority, that engaged in the practise. As for not being dominican, come off-it, he's an first generation American of dominican ancestry. And given the rules of the game, Olympic, World Cup, etc., he can play for DR, USA, and if his grandparents can demonstrate proof of another ancestrial home, e.g. Spain, Italy, France, etc., Alex could, these other nations participating, play for them also. Stop the whining, the guy is having a great Post Season 2009, and if your're dominican you should feel proud. The day he breaks Barry's record for HR, proud, Hank Aarons record for RBI, proud. As a friend of mine remarked, what's up with you dominicans?

There will always be asterisks on Barry Bum’s and A-Frauid’s "records" but the Mighty Hank Aron was all NATRURAL a true Hero and Gentlemen. Who under overt racism and the threat of death persevered and broke the Babe’s record, not make the millions these cheaters make.

I am not the type of Dominican who believes in Blind Nationalism, nor do I have such a low self-esteem of myself and my history that I have to defend illegal behavior based on a false distorted sense of national pride to support ANYTHING Dominican or ANYONE just because they are DOMINICAN.

Guess what, steriods were being used a loooong time before the 1990s rolled around in baseball. Sure, the use may not have been as great, but they were being used. Ever see photos of Pete Rose toward the end of his career? I got to see him during his playing days with Philly and he was this baseball player-in-a-bodybuilder. Huge. Hank Aaron has talked on this subject and has expressed that had these steriods/supplements been around in his playing days, many players would have used them. It's in the nature of COMPETITIVE SPORTS to get one leg-up on your opponent. Perhaps you have never played sports at a competitive level, three words: it's another world. Ever heard of greenies?
"For decades, amphetamines — "speed" on the street — have helped baseball players face the rigors of their sport: Six-game weeks. Day games immediately following night games. Cross-country flights. Hundreds of repetitions in the batting cage and batter's box, on the mound and in the field."

In his new book, “Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame,” Zev Chafets suggests that part of the problem is that the whole institution is built on a foundation of deceit: a falsified creation myth that asserts, all evidence to the contrary, that our national pastime was first played on the bucolic pastures of Cooperstown and that a leathery, rag-stuffed orb bought from a local farmer for $5 might be the game’s Holy Grail, the very first baseball.

But the brand of moralizing practiced by the Hall of Fame has always been highly selective and inconsistent. At the time of the annual induction ceremony in 2007, Mr. Chafets writes, the hall included “a convicted drug dealer, a reformed cokehead who narrowly beat a lifetime suspension from baseball, a celebrated sex addict, an Elders of Zion conspiracy nut, a pitcher who wrote a book about how he cheated his way into the hall, a well-known and highly arrested drunk driver and a couple of

nasty beanball artists.” Again, stop with the moralizing stand, life is far more complicated than you have admitted to yourself. Perhaps, you are very young, but life is not just black and white, there's alot of grey in between. Just some food for thought.

"There will always be asterisks on Barry Bum’s and A-Frauid’s "records" but the Mighty Hank Aron was all NATRURAL a true Hero and Gentlemen. Who under overt racism and the threat of death persevered and broke the Babe’s record, not make the millions these cheaters make."
Josean (10/20)

Just to play Devils advocate for a second, but Hank admitted in his book that he took amphetamines (IIRC) which were banned at the time.

What do you have to say to us now, Josean?

Josean you should put an Asterisk next to your name to indicate your diminished mental capacity and that you are constantly over medicated

If I put an asterisk next to my name then you would be with out a job pointing out my flaws to the world!

You’re a perennial hemorrhoid type asterisk no matter how many times you reincarnate, although pepeito 32 is challenging you for that honor!

bravo josean what would this forum be without us all ?...............a very boring read....now assume the position http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnVKkJFYkhg&NR=1

Just to play Devils advocate for a second, but Hank admitted in his book that he took amphetamines (IIRC) which were banned at the time.

What do you have to say to us now, Josean?

Atabey,

If you can show me a link to that alleged comment from him then I will move him into the BUM category as well.

I have no problem admitting when I am wrong, nor do I cover up for anyone or believe because they did it it’s OK for me to do it!

What’s wrong and illegal is wrong and illegal period for everybody!

The Babe did it on hot dogs and beer !

Pitching and without a DH!

Josean, Here's the info.



http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=2042

9.) Aaron hit 40 home runs with 96 RBIs and a .301 batting average in 1973 as a 39-year-old in his 20th professional season. In his autobiography “I Had a Hammer,” written with Lonnie Wheeler in 1991, Aaron admits to having experimented with “greenies” (amphetamines) while suffering through a rough stretch at the plate in 1968.

He is a BUM too!

I will bet NYY will pay good millions for albert's service.

Josean there is somebody in Haiti that make that kind of DINERO ? Not even the president................

Selling stolen charcoal nobody ill get whwre he is now......................LADRONES.

In this case I am happy to say it will take more than money for Don Alberto to leave what is practically his home town ....he was raised in Independence Missouri the hometown of Harry Truman and is not that far from St Louis Missouri....he has deep roots there and the fans love him ....He is not your typical juiced up ignorant greedy Dominican ball player

Josean: You're missing the point, competitive sports are a different beast. It's winner take all mentality. No nice guys. Just professionals. Money and Glory. Abe Lincoln lied, sometimes, too. George Washington didn't cut down a cherry tree. There are no saints, no pure virgins, just human beings. And all of us have our blemishes and worts. Some more than others, but all have some. The records stand and will go down as having been constructed during the Steriod Era. As previous Eras involving: "spit-ball" "Segregated Era" "Dead Ball Era - Est. AL, Live Ball Era - Cork, War Years, Golden Years - Integration, Growing Pains- 1960s, Designated Hitter-1970s, Free Movement, Exp II

10 eras of baseball history defined by major rules changes correspond to changes scoring. Other subtle changes in the rules created sub-eras.

Designated Hitter-1970s

The worst insult of all times to baseball!

Josean The worst insult of all times to this forum and humanity

I appreciate so much you have take time to research all of recorded history to assign to me that classification!

- After comments during a recent radio interview in the Dominican Republic, Albert Pujols dispelled speculation Thursday, indicating he wants to stay with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Pujols, who raised speculations on his future with the Cards following radio interview in his native Dominican Republic earlier this month, reportedly indicated that there was no rush in signing a deal with St. Louis.

The two-time NL MVP has one year left on his contract plus an option year.

Also Thursday, Pujols commended the hiring of former home run champion Mark McGwire as the Cards new hitting instructor, according to reports.

Though McGwire lacks coaching experience; Pujols indicated that his experience will further boost the team's hitters.

Pujols, who led the majors with 47 home runs and drove in 135 runs, got the nod from peers Thursday as the NL's Outstanding Player.

Pujols said, “The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career. I love this city. And when you hear all of the players that come around to this town and say, ‘You guys are lucky that you are playing in St. Louis,’ we have the best fans. I want to be a Cardinal for the rest of my career.”

The Tuesday after the season ended following the sweep by the Dodgers in the NL Divisional Series, Pujols was on a radio station in the Dominican Republic saying he was going to leave it in “God’s hands.” He said he wasn’t interested in discussing a contract extension at this time and would wait until this current contract ended in 2011. It certainly left the door open that he would explore other options.

lbert Pujols made the statement that fans across St. Louis have been waiting to hear on Thursday: "The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career," he told a radio station, according to The Associated Press.

"I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family, I don't think other cities do that. And when you hear all of the players that come around to this town and say, 'You guys are lucky that you are playing in St. Louis,' we have the best fans. I want to be a Cardinal for the rest of my career."

"What I told those people was 'Listen, why do people keep talking about my contract when I still have two years (left) on my contract? We don't have to worry about it.' You know the Cardinals need to worry about signing Matt Holliday and all the free agents. There's no rush for me to sign right now, you know? But if they come tomorrow and say 'Albert, you know, we want to lock you up,' hey, they know that (I'm) open to that."