As a St. Louis Cardinal fan, I follow them as much as my time permits. It has been interesting to see the debate over Albert Pujols contract. Pujols has a .331 career batting average, has averaged 41 homers, and 123 RBIs per season. But is he worth $30 million per season? He is a year and a half younger than Alex Rodriguez when he signed a 10 year contract for $275M. I guess based on numbers, one could say that Pujols is underpaid.
Pujols will make $16M this year in his contract's final year. The negotiations have broken down. Tony LaRussa said he feels Pujols is feeling pressure from the union. Union officials have denied that. While the Cardinals debate with Pujols, the concern among Christians is whether such extravagant salaries are justified. Grant it, Albert gives a lot of money to charities. But I like the model of former Cardinal Stan Musial when asked what he wanted, he simply left the contract for them to put down the amount. It was $100,000 which was big money then. As much as I respect Albert, this might be an opportunity for him to preach to our materialistic, greedy, and covetous society. What would Jesus do, Albert?
