Earlier, I posted a rant about rumors suggesting Matt Holliday was headed to the St. Louis Cardinals.  Well, that was poo-poo'd right after I clicked on the "Save Rant" button.

Now comes news that Albert Pujols talks to Manny Ramirez, the (soon-to-be) Hall-of-Fame slugger, most recently of the Los Angeles Dodgers, on a fairly regular basis.  Pujols is pleading for the Cards to pick him up.

Pujols and Ramirez in the same line-up: Priceless (for Cardinals fans)

Ramirez in the outfield and in the clubless: Well, not so much.

Taking an aging Ramirez (who showed no signs of it during his stint with the Dodgers last year) has some risks.  But as he proved last year, the rewards can be quite high.  I just don't know how well of a fit he would be in St. Louis.  Sure, St. Louis has some of the best fans in all of baseball.  But, like Boston, it lacks the vibrant Latino community that embraced Ramirez in Los Angeles.

Whatever the downside to the potential acquisition of Ramirez, let's just hope this plan isn't nixed as quickly as the Holliday trade rumor was all those weeks ago.

P.S. Oh, there's a Super Bowl coming up.  No matter how much I'm gonna root for my boy Kurt Warner (who led the St. Louis Rams to glory back in 2000), Pittsburgh should win this game, though it'll be close.  Pittsburgh duplicates last years score: 17-14.