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[Redbird Reveille] Chris Carpenter, Deryk Hooker, Houston Astros
Published 4/10/2009 by PHE at Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St. Louis Cardinals blog
... Dear Tony:  I have to pay for this domain name.  It was based upon a promise you made a little over a year ago to strategically get Albert Pujols more at-bats while still getting him into the cleanup spot.  I thought it so unique that I ran out and started this site.  Now you’re reneging on me.  One game out of four?  C’mon Tony, do the right thing…keep me relevant. ...

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 3/29/2009 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... STARTING THIRD BASEMAN ALBERT PUJOLS Hey! He played 96 games at third! He won the 2001 Silver Slugger for Third basemen! ...

AL Central Preview (Featuring Joe Posnanski)
Published 3/20/2009 by Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts
Joe Posnanski is the best and most prolific sports writer in the country. Quality and quantity. Rate stats and counting stats. He's No. 1 in both. A long-time, award-winning columnist for the Kansas City Star, Poz has branched out and now also writes for Sports Illustrated (including last week's cover story on Albert Pujols) and operates one of the must-read baseball blogs. He has a book, The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series-The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, that is ...

Breaking Like Beckham
Published 3/13/2009 by Jimmy Scott at Dugout Central
... of people around him, from “friends” to agent to family. Beckham wasn’t thinking straight when he signed the deal with LA.  And, quite frankly, he probably isn’t thinking straight now.  Because he can’t.  He never will. Just be thankful that this unprecedented move has never happened to your favorite player on your favorite team in your favorite sport.  Because now that it’s happened, there will be other guys thinking the same way. So, Mr. Pujols, what do you think about playing in Japan? Jimmy ...

Breaking Like Beckham
Published 3/12/2009 by Jimmy Scott at Jimmy Scott's High & Tight
... because of his success, money, greed, and posse of people around him, from "friends" to agent to family. Beckham wasn't thinking straight when he signed the deal with LA. And, quite frankly, he probably isn't thinking straight now. Because he can't. He never will. Just be thankful that this unprecedented move has never happened to your favorite player on your favorite team in your favorite sport. Because now that it's happened, there will be other guys thinking the same way. So, Mr. Pujols , what do you think about playing in Japan?

Five Major League Baseball Players to Root For in 2009
Published 2/25/2009 by JRod at Midwest Sports Fans
... Look at his career stats — they are unreal from Day One.  And so far Pujols has avoided any significant rumors of ever being on steroids.  You certainly can’t point to any particular season or groups of seasons as showing a Bonds- or McGwire-type pop in production. ...

God only knows
Published 2/24/2009 by mriehn at Whiteyball
... by Michael Riehn Whiteyball staff If you should ever leave me, Though life would still go on believe me, The world could show nothing to me, So what good would living do me? God only knows what I’d be without you… Brian Wilson’s haunting song runs through my head every time there is discussion of Albert Pujols and free agency. Those two things should never be uttered in the same sentence and makes me cringe every time I hear it. When I was a boy, my fandom was more innocent. I loved Tommy ...

Know Your Foe: Who is Pablo Sandoval?
Published 2/23/2009 by Poseidon's Fist at Purple Row
... After all, when was the last time a 22-year-old 5'11" 245-pound switch-hitting catcher made the jump from A-ball to the middle of the batting order for a major league team in one year?  If you're leafing through your Baseball Almanac, I'll save you the time.  The answer is never.  The closest comparison you will find is 2008 NL MVP Albert Pujols, who made a similar rapid rise in 2000, but who has a different physical build. ...

On the radio today
Published 2/10/2009 by susan mullen (suedotsue@aol.com) at XM MLB Chat
Ken Singleton on WFAN said Marvin Miller would have handled the situation differently. (ie Miller would have handled it better than Gene Orza did). Kevin Kennedy on FoxSports radio, 8PM hour (ET), 'this business about Arod being the best player in the game, I never thought that. He stikes out too much. Any guy who strikes out 140 times isn't that great.' (Arod had 139K in both 2005 and 2006. Kennedy thinks Pujols is best).Mike Francesa on WFAN: People often say players on NY teams are seen as better ...

Gobble has value (when used correctly)
Published 1/24/2009 by noreply@blogger.com (Jeff) at Royally Speaking
... And yet he did, in fact faced 20 more righties that lefties. And they all turned into Albert Pujols when Gobble pitched to them (correlation does equal causation, in this case anyway). It will be Trey's decision only on how Gobble is used and in effect how he performs. I know we should always be careful what we infer from statistical analysis but this is so blatantly obvious even those with stat allergys (you know who you are) should be able to figure out what's going to happen when Gobble pitches to a right handed batter. ...

Published 12/22/2008 by El Guapo's Ghost (noreply@blogger.com) at El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox
... or to a lesser extent, Albert Pujols (who will be a free agent after the 2011 season). With these super freaks an exception to objective analysis could be rationally made, since the above production forecast is highly variable due to few good comparable players. For comparison purposes, Teixeira’s top ten ranged from 935-899, Mike Lowell’s 923-895 and A-Hole’s 775-638. ...

Ranting About Commercials
Published 11/23/2008 by Matt at DGDB&D: a Texans blog.
... When I was in law school, I had a classmate–a lifelong St. Louisan–tell me that St. Louis was geographically closer to Chicago (roughly 300 miles away) than to Kansas City (roughly 250 miles away).  She was vehement about this.  We argued for ten minutes.  Finally, I pulled up Mapquest, showed her she was wrong, and then told her she was never allowed to speak to me again.  When I lifted that ban a few months later (because, hey…boobs), she told me that Albert Pujols had never played 3B for the Cardinals.  That’s what I get for asking ...

Albert Pujols vs. Frank Thomas
Published 11/20/2008 by lar@wezen.net (lar) at Wezen Ball - A Baseball Blog
... ' first full year in the majors was 1991. Albert Pujols' was 2001. So, in 1998 Thomas was finishing his 8th big league year and, in 2008, Pujols was finishing his 8th. At the time ten years ago, Frank Thomas had two MVP awards (won back-to-back) and was considered one of the best hitters of all time and a sure-fire hall of fame player. Albert Pujols, today, has two MVP awards and is considered by many to be the obvious best player in baseball, having had probably the most successful start to a career in a long time. ...

King Albert named NL MVP
Published 11/17/2008 by Deaner (noreply@blogger.com) at Cardinal Nation Globe
... While listening to XM radio this morning I was angered for two reasons. The hosts Jim Duquette and Holden Kushner were, for one, making fun of my home state of West Virginia and the town where I was born in - Huntington. Kushner also continually argued that Ryan Howard should be MVP over Albert. Howard did have a phenomenal offensive season but as an overall "most valuable" player, cannot even be compared to Albert's 2008. Howard's outstanding 48 HRs and 146 RBI are certainly diminished by the fact that he hit only .251 and struck out 199 times. I don't care if the Phillies won ...

Pujols Claims Second NL MVP Award
Published 11/17/2008 by Dave Zimmerman at National Pastime
... St. Louis Cardinal slugger Albert "El Hombre" Pujols won the second MVP award of his magnificent eight-season career, gathering 18 of 32 first place votes and 369 points.  Pujols has never finished out of the top ten in MVP balloting. ...

Albert Pujols Wins N.L. MVP
Published 11/17/2008 by Ryan Hudson at RCS Sidelines
... playing with a sore right elbow. He was rewarded despite the Cardinals' fourth-place finish in the NL Central. Los Angeles outfielder Manny Ramirez and Milwaukee pitcher C.C. Sabathia also drew strong support after being traded by AL teams in July. Pujols got 18 of the 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and had 369 points. The first baseman added to the MVP award he won in 2005. Now for your Scary Fact of the Day: Pujols, whose stats compare to Joe DiMaggio, is just 28 years old.

BASEBALL: My NL MVP
Published 11/17/2008 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... There seems to be a fair amount of sentiment for Ryan Howard, as there was before the Mets' collapse for Carlos Delgado, and for the same reasons....Pujols is the best player in the league, he had arguably his best year with the bat, he's a better defensive player and baserunner than Howard or Delgado or Lance Berkman, he doesn't play in an offensive haven like Philly or Houston, and his team, with a deeply unimpressive collection of supporting talent, won 86 games, was within 2 games of first place on July 22 and 4 games on August 1, and within 2 games of the wild card lead on ...

The First Annual Walkoff Walk Dot Com Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence: National League MVP
Published 10/8/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... sponsored in part by nobody because we don't get paid a damn thing to do this website. It's a labor of love. We've split up our choices into two sections, one for each of us. We've spent minutes and minutes research stats and whatnot to make these important decisions. Please consider our opinions and then feel free to express your own in the comment section. First up, the National League Most Valuable Player: Camp Tiger Claw: 1. Albert Pujols 2. Lance Berkman 3. Chase Utley Bert OPS'd at 1.100. Bert came ...

The 2008 MLB Awards Bonanza
Published 10/6/2008 by Bill Baer at crashburnalley.com
... has something to do with it. The top five: Milton Bradley Joe Mauer Alex Rodriguez Dustin Pedroia Grady Sizemore National League Most Valuable Player : Albert Pujols This is really, really easy. He had, by far, the highest VORP in the Majors and he’s ...

From The Windup: A Rival Fan Admires Albert Pujols' Greatness
Published 9/16/2008 at FanHouse
... I could go on and on. If you go through the offensive numbers on his baseball reference page -- and you're a stat-hound -- your jaw will drop. Look at the BB/K ratio (95/50), the intentional walks, or his career batting average; just to name a few examples. ...