"If you think im greedy, then you don't know me"

I saw this scroll across the bottom of ESPN while in the trainers room this morning. It is probably one the funniest quotes/soundbites to ever come from a professional athletes mouth since i have existed on this planet.
The quote comes directly from Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals first basemen who recently was unable to reach a contract agreement by the Wednesday deadline. Currently in the final year of his contract, Pujols was looking to make a new deal prior to opening day of this season. From what sources have been saying across the media, the Cardinals offered a contract around the $200 million range for an additional eight years of service from the three time MVP. Pujols rejected. Other rumors have stated Pujols was looking for a contract that would pay him up to $30 million a year.
Now, here is where things get fun.
I can name 250 people that would give their left kidney to play professional baseball. Pujols is well worth a contract that would put him in the top 10 of highest paid players, the guy is consistent and easily one of the best hitters in the game, his reputaiton proceeds himself immensely. There is no player in the game today that i would pay $30 million a year to hit a ball for my club. MVP or not, Pujols is not going to single handedly win me a world series, seeing as how St. Louis has won 1 since his arrival as a Cardinal 10 years ago. If i gave Pujols $30 million a year, i can kiss any world series appearance goodbye. I will just hopefully reap the revenues he will bring in through the fan base and struggle to meet his paycheck week after week. The guy is a god, dont get me wrong, but if i didn't have to censor myself on this i would throw a nice four letter word in front of his name. There comes a point in money, personally speaking, that at some point, it really does not matter anymore. If someone slid an 8 year contract in front of me worth $200 million, i would sign it in blood. Pujols felt that wasn't enough.
Really? $200 million is not enough to live off of?
Pujols can talk about wanting to be a cardinal forever, but he needs to come back down to reality if he wants to rep the colors of St. Louis.

Final Project Update 2

Update on Final:
- Talked to Rob today about setting up times to shoot film, currently dealing with a sick child.
- Have proper equipment, dates, and ideas to shoot the film.
- My goal is to have at least the first part of the film (waking up, training, slight audio/verbal by the end of February.

Final Project Update 1

It's what i struggle with. I have yet to start the documentary, so far i have verification from my subject that i can shoot the film. In my mind it is going to look like something that should win Sundance, but the overall appearance might struggle due to the lack of talent ha. We shall see what happens with it

An In-Depth look at the KWU Coyotes Baseball team

I’ll be honest; I don’t plan on writing another blog entry that has anything to do with something other then sports or mainstream media, with the exception of documentaries. So I snapped these pictures with my buddies iPhone at practice last night, pretty neat little device.
The first picture is just some of the guys throwing at practice, nothing to fancy about that really except the fact that we are practicing inside a gymnasium. Due to the fact that the Kansas weather is extremely unnecessary right now, we are forced to throw 34 guys into a gymnasium for three hours of fun. In reality, it is really just a mission to come out of the break without getting dotted in the head by a random ball.
The second picture is the same thing just from a different angle, and a couple different guys. That bald man in the sweats happens to be our assistant coach who apparently is quite fine with walking behind guys who are playing catch. Aside from the fact he is an easy target to pick on, which happens a lot, he can recruit like a champ. Therefore; this season will be a memorable one.
A lot of it will be attributed to this guy right here. Monty, as we call him, is a pitcher from Texas who should do some damage this year. Throws hard, hits spots, wins games, it’s a great combination. He joins a staff which is well known around the rest of the conference and was very dangerous last season. Personally speaking, we lacked pitching last season which eventually turned out to be the end of our season. This year, I think things will be very different simply to the fact we have depth in the rotation and in the bullpen.
This guy right here is Kyle Lynch, our first basemen. He hit a little for us last year and more than likely will do a little more of it this season. We hit well last year as a team we just struck out a lot and at times couldn’t seem to find the big hit. This season we have more power, speed, depth, and especially more swag, and our offense should do some pretty incredible things this year.
That’s Cory Shorette bunting, one of the many drills we do inside the gym. It is semi-pointless because were crammed as a unit already and hitting balls towards people that include people not looking at you does not make anyone better. This picture relates to something completely pointless and irrelevant to anyone except someone who played baseball on the team last year. This is just an example of the things that happen throughout the course of the season when you hang around the same guys for 8 hours a day. It’s called chemistry and we don’t need to sit in a science hall class to learn about it.
This is the boss, the big boy. Coach Carv, our genereal & commander. He is a pretty straight forward guy. I mean he led us to 33 wins and a Conference Tournament Championship last season, I am pretty comfortable with him at the realm. In all, its going to be fun. We have 34 of the most oddballish people ever who happen to love hitting, throwing, and winning. Plus a coach who is willing to put up with all of it.

Go Yotes