Albert the Great: The Albert Pujols Story
by Rob Rains
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Author: Rob RainsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-15
ISBN: 1582618925
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
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Book Review: Albert the Great Has Gotten Only Greater
Summary: 5 Stars
Rob Rains is the greatest writer of St Louis Cardinals baseball, and this 2005 biography of the great Albert Pujols is one of his finest efforts.
As great as Pujols was in 2005, he's even greater in 2009. Probably, that will be the case in 2013 & beyond. There's little doubt that Albert is headed for Cooperstown; the only thing that is open for conjecture is whether he will be regarded as the greatest Cardinal ever. Only Stan Musial ranks ahead of him in that regard; for the time being.
If Pujols, who is only 29, stays healthy for another ten years or so, it's likely he'll not only surpass Stan the Man, he may even pass up the likes of DiMaggio, Williams, Ruth & Cobb.
The greatest ever? Don't bet against it.
Summary of Albert the Great: The Albert Pujols Story
No player in the history of baseball has burst onto the scene like the Cardinals' Albert Pujols. His first four seasons have been matched statistically by only Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio through the same point in their Hall of Fame careers. Moving from the Dominican Republic when he was 15 years old was the break Pujols needed to turn himself into one of the best players in the game today. He was only a 13th-round draft choice out of a small junior college, but all Pujols needed was one season in the low minor leagues, with 14 career at bats above Class A, before he was ready for the major leagues. PujolsÂ? career began with a monstrous Rookie of the Year campaign, and he has not slowed down yet, finishing as the runnerup to Barry Bonds in the National League's MVP voting the last two years and likely to finish in the top three in voting again this season. He appears to be the most likely candidate in the game today to become the next Triple Crown winner and perhaps the next hitter to challenge the .400 mark.Hispanic & Latino Books
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