Pujols: "I never said he [Howard] didn't deserve the MVP."

I'll say it then Albert . . . . Howard didn't deserve it!"

Somebody's gotta say it.


"TJ-BF" <r4 DeleteThis @att.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16038972
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> "Pujols reportedly plans to apologize to Howard: Cardinals first baseman
> says comments about MVP award 'misinterpreted' "
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> MSNBC News Services
> Updated: 11:14 a.m. CT Dec 4, 2006
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> St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols plans to apologize to
> Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard for the way he was portrayed in
> a recent interview about the NL MVP, USA Today reported Monday.
>
> Pujols, who finished runner-up to Howard in the balloting, was quoted last
> week as saying, "I see it this way: Someone who doesn't take his team to
> the playoffs doesn't deserve to win the MVP."
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> Pujols said he's "angry" about the way the interview came out and said
> Howard was "deserving of that award," USA Today reported.
>
> "I feel so bad because I love Ryan Howard," Pujols said, USA Today
> reported. "I never said he didn't deserve the MVP. He is deserving of that
> award. He earned it. That's why he got it. I'm not trying to defend
> myself; I just want to tell him that I'm sorry for all of this because he
> earned the MVP. The last thing I want to do is spoil this for him."
>
> Pujols said his comments were misinterpreted, USA Today reported.
>
> "The way that came out hurt me big time," he said, the newspaper reported.
> "I'm very angry about that."
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