When the Angels decided to move away from Ron Washington and Ray Montgomery as managers this off season, all eyes went to former Angels and St. Louis Cardinals superstar Albert Pujols. Pujols was already on a contract with the Angels, serving in a special assistant role for the decade following his playing career. At one point, it seemed as though Pujols and the Angels was all but a done deal, and that the team may just be waiting for playoff series to end to announce their new, high-profile manager. So when the Angels opted instead to hire Kurt Suzuki (who has also been serving as a special assistant to the general manager in Anaheim) as manager, there was equal amount of attention focused on what went wrong with the Pujols talks than what could go right with Suzuki at the helm.
Former Angels star Albert Pujols misses out on second managerial opening
