"Albert Pujols is a Los Angeles Angel of Anaheim today because team owner Arte Moreno made a huge commitment to him.

Pujols got the Alex Rodriguez dollars he sought in free agency, $254 million for 10 years. The contract doesn't include heavy deferrals, as the final Cardinal offers did. And it does feature milestone bonuses and post-playing employment.

Albert earned every bit of that phenomenal deal by delivering superhuman production over an 11-year span. Nobody should begrudge him for that.

"To tell you the truth, it wasn't about the money," Pujols insisted. "I'm going to die saying that, because it wasn't about the money. It was about the commitment."

This implies that the Cardinal organization was not committed to Pujols, which is utterly ridiculous."