A former MLB executive claims that Albert Puzols has been lying about his age throughout his career.
David Samson, who was president of the Marlins from 2002 to 2017, made the charge during A recent appearance On “Dan Le Batard Show”. Samson was reflecting on the 2012 progeny when Pujols was a free agent, and one of the teams trying to sign the Marlins baseball star.
Puzols eventually signed a massive 10-year, $ 240 million contract with the Angels. This is the 14th largest contract in MLB history (Baseball per cot), And ensured that he would be paid throughout. Despite poor numbers in recent years, the Pujols are set to make $ 30 million this season – which many believe will be their last, although they say He hasn’t decided.
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Recalling that contract, and the Marlins sent the Pujols, Samson lets him slip that the baseball player is not the age he claims to be.
“We knew that when we did the calculations for that deal, we didn’t care about 2019, ’20 or ’21. It was in the future that it didn’t matter,” Samson said. “We knew That he would be unproductive, we knew that this was not the age he said. We had all the information. “
Le Betard replied, “Have you just flatly reported that the Pujols are old, which is always claimed?”
“There’s not one person in baseball, not an executive,” said Samson, who believes Albert Puzols is the age he says he is. The cheating that was going on at the Dominican back in the day, changed the name, changed the birthday , It will blow your mind.
This is not the first time Pujol has been listed at the age of 41, his age is concerned. As Samson, History with players They are not of age to claim from the Dominican Republic. Former pitcher Wandy Rodriguez grew two years older than previously thought, and the same went for Miguel Tejada.
For Pujol, Samson did not give the age he thought the baseball star really was, but Pujol has some history using his own words. Many people took notice 2018 interview with Yahoo Sports When the Pujols must have revealed their true age.
“I really hit it with the Octavio Dotel, I think I told you. I was about 12, 13, about 13 years old,” Pujols said, recounting his first home run. “More We go back, you know, 28 years later, and here I am. “
Using Pujols’ mathematics, he had 41 years at the time of the interview, 13 years and 28 years later. In the same interview he said, “Well, Motel, I believe he is three or four years older than me.” Due to this arithmetic the Pujols became 41s.
Therefore using that reference, Pujols would be three years older than the currently listed 41-year-old (assuming his date of birth to be accurate on January 16), which would theoretically make him 44 years old.
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