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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Frodo on June 22, 2009, 09:20:04 AM
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/A01668882C8D49C5862575DC007D6069?OpenDocument
Is Albert Pujols the best hitter to ever come along? If the Cardinals don't sign him for the rest of his career, they are crazy.
Frodo
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I am not a baseball fan, I read the sports page and every week theres Albert..one thing sticks out.. a couple of years ago I remember when the 'Cards had a lot of injuries and Albert put the team on his back and carried them until August (when he got hurt). The guy is probably the best player in the game. But what do I know..not a big baseball fan.
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No doubt. He's already WELL on his way to passing a lot of Stan Musial's team and league records, and tied him for career Grand Slams as a Cardinal after yesterday (GOD that thing was a bomb!) with 9. I don't think he'll touch the Triples, but despite not having a lot of speed he's become a pretty formidable base-stealer as well.
What's more impressive is his balanced approach. Massive power, (best description I've heard is a doubles hitter with a little extra oomph) one of the hardest to strike out in all of baseball, consistency at the plate, and a perennial Triple Crown threat--probably the one guy in today's game that has the tools to do it (the last guy in the National League to do it was another Cardinal: Joe "Ducky" Medwick. In 1937). He's a throwback to old-school ball where guys viewed striking out as a personal afront, not like your average power hitters today like Dunn and Howard who don't care if they strike out 200 times a year and only hit .250 as long as they get their 40 bombs.
Seeing him come up in a situation like yesterday afternoon where the pitcher had no chance but deal with him is electrifying.