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Albert Pujols and the List of Other Players I THINK (Hope) Are Clean

 
So I just checked traffic to the site so far today. Decent, nothing spectacular, just a normal no-link-from-the-Philadelphia-Inquirer (or, excuse me, tweet from @HHReynolds) day here at MSF. However, something caught my eye that has become a pretty noticeable trend. My stats show me the keyword searches that have driven search engine referrals to this site. I have noticed that every time Albert Pujols has a big game, searches involving his name and “steroids” spike. After another two-homer outburst by El Hombre yesterday, here are the search numbers so far today: “albert pujols steroids” - 53 “pujols steroids” - 41 “pujols steroid” - 6 “is albert pujols on steroids” - 4 And to the right is a snapshot from my Google Analytics tracking since I wrote this post about Pujols on May 15th. These are all search terms and the number of individual visits that have come to Midwest Sports Fans as a result. I guess some ... (link)

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