Pujols launches long ball No. 30 | MLB.com: News
baltimore.orioles.mlb.com 7/1/2009 — By Matthew Leach / MLB.com 07/01/09 1:30 AM ET ST. LOUIS -- When Albert Pujols does something even he has never done before, you know it's special. Pujols cranked his 29th and 30th home runs of the season on Tuesday night in the Cardinals' 6-3 loss ...

Breaking Down Pujols' Triple Crown Chances
tylersarticles.blogspot.com 7/19/2009 — Albert Pujols took over the title of best player in baseball soon after breaking into the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals back in 2001 and has never looked back. Pujols, a .334/.427/.631 career hitter, has put up video-game numbers with such great consistency that his stretch of greatness ...

How Good is Albert Pujols
sportsscribes.net 7/5/2009 — When you think of the best hitter in baseball, most people generally think of Albert Pujols. Some think of Alex Rodriguez. Others maybe Manny Ramirez. Let there be no mistake: Albert Pujols is the best hitter in baseball. Don't believe me? Look at the statistics.

Breaking Down Pujols' Triple Crown Chances
mvn.com 7/19/2009 — Albert Pujols took over the title of best player in baseball soon after breaking into the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals back in 2001 and has never looked back. Pujols, a .334/.427/.631 career hitter, has put up video-game numbers with such great consistency that his stretch of greatness ...

Walking Pujols
vivaelbirdos.com 6/22/2009 — More photos » by ED ZURGA - AP Opposing managers are playing with fire when they intentionally walk Pujols, as Ryan Ludwick showed last night. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)  ...

Cards rescued by ... what else? Pujols power
stltoday.com 7/4/2009 — Cardinals 7, Reds 4 • 5-RBI night, including record-setting grand slam, rallies Redbirds.

The Man and The Machine
fangraphs.com 7/16/2009 — Stan Musial ’s legacy has come under discussion with the All-Star festivities taking place in St. Louis. Dave Brown at Yahoo! Sports asks why the guy isn’t more celebrated. Joe Posnanski is easily one of baseball’s most popular writers — widely ...

Albert Pujols and the List of Other Players I THINK (Hope) Are Clean
midwestsportsfans.com 7/1/2009 — 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 ...

Pujols Says You’re Uninvited To The Tub Party
bootleggersports.com 7/17/2009 — Albert keeps a reminder of his address in a secure location You may not have noticed since we do such a phenomenal job of breaking news, but Bootlegger Sports has incredibly limited access. By that I mean that we don’t receive press releases, don’t do interviews with athletes, ...

Start now to keep Pujols on the payroll
stltoday.com 6/15/2009 — Like many baseball fans, I continue to be surprised that teams choose to challenge Albert Pujols. He's the human wrecking ball who destroys pitchers and breaks open games with one swing of his bat. But there's also one team that hasn't pitched to ...

Prince steals show from Pujols, becomes new HR Derby king — SI.com - MLB 7/14/2009
Prince Fielder had to endure a pro-Pujols crowd to steal the crown of HR Derby king, says Ben Reiter.

Cardinals All-Star Pujols embraces glare of bright lights — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 7/14/2009
Albert Pujols settled in behind the table wearing a blue-gray suit with blue striped tie, smiling into the lights of a half-dozen ...

Fielder powers past hometown heroes — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/14/2009
Albert Pujols didn't wow the hometown fans enough, but Prince Fielder was a decent alternative for a Busch Stadium crowd that came to see the majors' homers leader win his first Home Run Derby title. Instead, Pujols was eliminated in the second of ...

Albert Pujols: Finally Becoming the Face of MLB — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/14/2009
Since entering the league in 2001, Albert Pujols have never been “the man” in Major League Baseball. He has always played second-fiddle to the likes of Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Manny Ramirez. Not in terms of talent, mind you. ...

Harper: Don't write off A-Rod just yet — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/14/2009
A-Rod still strikes fear into pitchers unlike almost anyone else in the game, but Albert Pujols has to get the nod as the best of the best these days as he goes about putting up huge numbers in a average Cardinals' lineup.