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Pujols: Test Me Every Day, and I'll Pay Team Back if Caught

All-Star rips 'guilt by association' with A-Rod

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(Newser) – All-Star Albert Pujols is miffed over suggestions his latest enormously productive season comes thanks to drugs, USA Today reports, and says he’ll submit to testing every day—and pay the St. Louis Cardinals back if one comes back positive. “I can understand people being disappointed with A-Rod and Manny” Ramirez, Pujols said today. “Just because A-Rod made a mistake, now I have to pay? Oh, guilt by association? That’s wrong.”

“Come test me every day if you want,” said the 29-year-old first baseman, who’s scheduled to start tomorrow’s Midsummer Classic in his home park. “Everything I ever made in this game I would give back to the Cardinals if I got caught.” Pujols has 32 home runs at the break, most since Barry Bonds (39) and Luis Gonzalez (35) in 2001.

Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals speaks during a news conference today in St. Louis.
Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals speaks during a news conference today in St. Louis.   (AP Photo)
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits a grand slam off Cincinnati Reds reliever David Weathers, Friday, July 3, 2009.
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits a grand slam off Cincinnati Reds reliever David Weathers, Friday, July 3, 2009.   (AP Photo)
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I would never do any of that crap. You think I'm going to ruin my relationship with God just because I want to get better in this game? You think I'm going to ruin everything because of steroids? - Albert Pujols,
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SPH
Jul 13, 09 8:22 PM CDT
I hate the Cardinals, but I do have respect for this man..... Reply
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Todd_English
Jul 14, 09 1:12 AM CDT
Pujols is not only a great baseball player but also a decent human being...I just wish he played for another team.
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nick
Jul 14, 09 5:42 PM CDT
You might be a Cub fan! :)
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Forderon
Jul 14, 09 8:21 AM CDT
Why do the great teams always get so lucky too? he was a 13th round draft pick from a local community college in Missouri! He came in and hit 37 home runs in his first season and hasn't stopped since. He is ridiculous and I'm inclined to believe he's clean. Reply
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Gallavant
Jul 14, 09 9:39 AM CDT
I hope he's telling the truth, and give him the benefit of the doubt... but people are right to be suspicious, of course. What's the logic otherwise? "Rafael, Alex, Barry, Roger, Andy, Sammy, and Mark, sure... but surely not Albert!" His body is visually very much like other sluggers who have been outed as users... huge lower body and core. That's not proof of anything, but to wonder is justified. Reply
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