Found August 27, 2009 on *D MLB Trade Rumors:
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Matt Holliday's first month as a Cardinal could hardly have gone any better. The team's 20 games over .500 and 9.0 games ahead of the Cubs in the NL Central, largely because of Holliday's hot hitting. He has a .386/.448/.667 line with six homers in his first month back in the National League. Today, Holliday said on the Team 1380 in St. Louis that he hopes his stay in a Cards uniform lasts more than a couple months (You can listen in here)."That would be really exciting for me to get a chance to be here and play next to Albert [Pujols] along with the rest of these guys and to do some special things over the next however many years," Holliday said. "Hopefully this will be a long-term relationship."He hasn't begun negotiating an extension with the team, but says there's a chance he signs one before the season's over."Hopefully there'll be some progress and hopefully I'll be able to stick around here for a long time."Hollida...
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