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Pujols unhappy with Angels' 'El Hombre' advertisements
The Angels been successful this offseason to get Albert Pujols from St. Louis, but getting St. Louis from Albert Pujols is really a different proposition.
The celebrity slugger voiced his objections Wednesday to a number of 20 advertisements around los angeles that illustrate Pujols within an Angels uniform near the words "El Hombre," The spanish language for "The Guy." Pujols, who signed a ten-year, $250 million contract using the Angels in December after 11 seasons in St. Louis, thinks the saying "The Guy" ought to be restricted to Cardinals Hall-of-Famer Stan "The Guy" Musial, whom Pujols reached know throughout his time using the Cardinals.
"I favor to not use that," Pujols told Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com.
This is not the very first time the three-time National League MVP has deferred to Musial, who spent his entire 22-year career using the Cardinals and brought these to three World Series game titles. This Year, he requested fans and media in St. Louis to prevent mentioning to him as "El Hombre." The Angels didn't consult Pujols or his agent before starting the campaign.
"We are more conscious of his feelings about this now," stated Angels v . p . for communications Tim Mead.
Pujols needs 30 homeruns this year to tie Musial's career total of 475.
Post je objavljen 23.02.2012. u 04:34 sati.