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Albert Pujols is stirring up a ‘birther’ controversy

12/06/2011 By 1 Comment

- via Yahoo Sports!

One Miami Herald beat reporter states he already has a problem with potential free agent signee Albert Pujols(notes). In his article, Dan Le Batard questions the validity of Pujols’ age.

“The Marlins believe Pujols to be older than the 31 he claims to be. It doesn’t matter if the offer is $190?million or $225?million, it is still a breathtaking move for this group, which hates long-term contracts and prefers to work the system with young, cheap talent,” Le Batard writes.

A few common sense details ought to derail the wrong age theory.

First, Pujols attended high school and college in the United States. Last I checked you need valid vitals to attend college. Le Batard went to the University of Miami and already knows this. Not only that, ESPN reported in 2007 Pujols scored perfectly on his citizenship test and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. I’m sure his American drivers license has the right birthday.

I wonder how many University of Miami football players have cheated on a test or pulled some kind of underhanded dealings on the collegiate level just to get a scholarship? Let he who is without sin cast the first stones.

Read more at Yahoo Sports.

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Comments

  1. Val Prieto says:
    12/06/2011 at 2:16 pm

    First, the writer of the linked article is a cardinals fan and it reads very much like sour grapes. Second, Le Batard doesnt necessarily care whatPujols age really is, he merely quotes the Marlins organization’s thoughts on same. The age issue comes from the fact that many baseball players whose origins are from the Dr or other latin american countries, sometimes lie with regards to their age in order to play ball in the states, whether its teeball or MLB.

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