St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said Tuesday that he believes the Major League Baseball Players Association is attempting to "beat up" Albert Pujols and his agent in an attempt to get Pujols to sign a record-setting contract. And that, La Russa said emphatically, "is bull----. That's not the way it should be." The way it should be, La Russa contended, is that a player in Pujols' position should "look at all the factors. ... It shouldn't just be the most money." "I'm not saying that if I was a union representative I would do it differently," the manager said. "I'm just saying I think it diminishes the other factors that a player looks at. ... I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision -- taking everything into account, not taking one thing into account." But because the union sees Pujols as a player who can raise the salary bar, he's under more pressure than your average player, La Russa said. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/news/story?id=6124272
