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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1754582" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-what-cardinals-fans-must-understand-about-albert-pujols-playing-time/article_d1a31ce5-8f1a-5cee-b5a8-ab7a4bcfbd0a.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson" target="_blank">Ben Frederickson</a></p><p>Check out the highlights from sports columnist Ben Frederickson’s weekly chat with readers</p><p><strong>Q: Wouldn’t it have been nice if the Cardinals treated fans by starting Albert Pujols more often in this first homestand?</strong></p><p>A: That's... not how this is going to work, though. Opening day was opening day. Manager Oliver Marmol was not going to snap that streak of 22 consecutive opening-day starts. After that, it's about winning games and using Pujols when he can help you do that. I mean this respectfully. If you are going to games in person or watching only to see Pujols, get used to studying the upcoming opponents and buying tickets and/or tuning in when there is a left-handed starter on the mound for the opponents. If not, there is a good chance you are going to be disappointed. That's the plan at the start. Prioritize Pujols against left-handed pitching and use the Corey Dickerson and Lars Nootbaar combination for right-handed starters.</p><p></p><p>Performance can change things, of course. Say Pujols gets hot, or Dickerson slumps. There are right-handed pitchers the Cardinals like Pujols against, and he will get some starts against them. But right now the Cardinals are sticking to their plan, and that plan was never advertised as Pujols being an every-day guy</p><p></p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>chat with fans..................interesting........................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1754582, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-what-cardinals-fans-must-understand-about-albert-pujols-playing-time/article_d1a31ce5-8f1a-5cee-b5a8-ab7a4bcfbd0a.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson']Ben Frederickson[/URL] Check out the highlights from sports columnist Ben Frederickson’s weekly chat with readers [B]Q: Wouldn’t it have been nice if the Cardinals treated fans by starting Albert Pujols more often in this first homestand?[/B] A: That's... not how this is going to work, though. Opening day was opening day. Manager Oliver Marmol was not going to snap that streak of 22 consecutive opening-day starts. After that, it's about winning games and using Pujols when he can help you do that. I mean this respectfully. If you are going to games in person or watching only to see Pujols, get used to studying the upcoming opponents and buying tickets and/or tuning in when there is a left-handed starter on the mound for the opponents. If not, there is a good chance you are going to be disappointed. That's the plan at the start. Prioritize Pujols against left-handed pitching and use the Corey Dickerson and Lars Nootbaar combination for right-handed starters. Performance can change things, of course. Say Pujols gets hot, or Dickerson slumps. There are right-handed pitchers the Cardinals like Pujols against, and he will get some starts against them. But right now the Cardinals are sticking to their plan, and that plan was never advertised as Pujols being an every-day guy ----------------------------------------------- chat with fans..................interesting........................ [/QUOTE]
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