Albert Pujols Injures Wrist vs. Kansas City Royals
June 20, 2011-Cardinals' fans everywhere are still holding their breathe after Albert Pujols injured his
wrist yesterday in an Interleague game against the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals Wilson Betemit hit a grounder to the Cardinals' Second baseman Pete Kozma, who threw
an over the shoulder toss to Pujols at first base in an attempt to get Betemit. The ball and the runner
got to first base at the same time and Pujols wrist was bent backwards by Betemit as he went by.
Albert Pujols immediately went down in pain as he threw his glove off and rolled on the ground near
the Cardinals' dugout. You could hear a pin drop at Busch Stadium as Cardinals fans were in shock
as they watched their superstar roll around on the ground.
Pujols obviuosly came out of the game and he was asked by reporters about the injury and here is what he said:
"To be honest, I can't give you guys too much until the X-rays and an MRI tomorrow,"
... "I know I'm pretty sore. . . . When I come out of a game, believe me, something is really wrong."
Now everybody is wondering what lasting effect this injury will have on the rest of Albert Pujols' career.
ESPN'sBuster Olney had an interesting opinion as he was interviewed this morning on Mike and Mike. You can
see the video below. Meanwhile, Cardinals fans are still holding their collective breathes until they know the true nature
of the Albert Pujols injury.
June 20, 2011-UPDATE!-USAToday just reported that St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will miss four to six weeks with a small fracture in his left forearm.
You can read the full Pujols injury report by clicking here!
Albert Pujols Wants $300 Million Dollars
January 28, 2011-Albert Pujols is arguably the best hitter in Major League baseball and apparently he wants to be paid like it. Today ESPN reported
that Pujols wants the St. Louis Cardinals to pay him $300 Million dollars over 10 years.
When a simpleton like me does the math, that comes out to $30 million bucks a season! Oh my god, is there really any professionally athlete worth that kind of money? Who knows really, but if anyone deserves to be
paid the huge dollars it is Albert Pujols.
Since his rookie season of 2001, Albert Pujols has put up the most consistent numbers ever for a first baseman, or any position player for that matter. Let's take a look at Albert's career numbers entering the 2011
baseball season.
408 Home Runs
.331 Career Batting Average
1,230 Career RBI-He has driven in over 100 RBI every season he has played
426 Career Doubles
1,900 Career hits
914 Walks
The most amazing stat in Albert Pujols career is he has only struck out 646 times in 5,733 at bats. Talk about a pure, contact hitter!
Albert is entering the last year of his contract in 2011 (signed in 2004), and the Cardinals will have to "Pay-Up" if they want to keep their franchise player on their team. The problem the Cardinals are facing
is giving Pujols the "Ten Year" contract because the big first baseman is 31 years old right now and by the time the contract ends, he will be 41. As we all know, even the greatest hitters of all time cannot
beat "Father Time" and age.
This website focuses on the St. Louis Cardinals great first baseman Albert Pujols and his 2001 baseball rookie cards as well as Major League baseball.
Pujols is coming off another monster season in 2009. He hit 47 home runs, had 135 RBI and had a batting average of .327. The most impressive stat in Albert Pujols' 2009 season
was his ability to stay away from the strikeouts. Pujols had 568 at-bats and struck out only 64 times!! That, my friends, is the definition of a pure contact hitter! And to top it
all off, Albert Pujols won his third career National League MVP award in 2009.
Not surprisingly, Albert Pujols rookie cards are highly collectible by baseball card collectors a everywhere. If you have a nice collection of Pujols rookies and you got in early, consider yourself
a lucky collector. But if you are just starting to add Pujols to your collection, plan on spending some big money. Especially Albert Pujols high end rookie cards like his 2001 Bowman Chrome
auto card and his 2001 SPX rookie. But you can rest assured that Albert Pujols rookie cards are great investments and will hold their value for years to come. A lot of fathers that have young
kids are buying the higher end Pujols rookies and are just putting them away and holding them for their son or daughter's college tuition someday. A wise thing to do, imo.
But there are still some more affordable Pujols rookies that you can still get relatively cheap. Like his Upper Deck and Topps Chrome issues. Personally, I like the 2001 Topps Chrome Traded Pujols/Ichiro
rookie card (pictured below). You have two future hall-of-famers on one card in Pujols and Ichiro. You can still pick this card up on eBay for about $30. To view some more of Albert Pujols hottest rookie cards, scroll down to the bottom of this
page.
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More baseball news and notes below.
The 2010 Major League baseball season starts in about six weeks as I type this. For all of us baseball fans, the long off-season wait is almost over. And it has been a very
busy off-season for many teams and free agent players.
2010 should be another exciting baseball campaign. There have been a lot of players that have changed teams during the winter. The Seattle Mariners traded for left-hander Cliff Lee,
and they also traded for Milton Bradley and signed Chone Figgins.
The Los Angeles Angels signed free agent Hideki Matsui away from the New York Yankees. But the Angels did take a hit as they lost their best starting pitcher, John Lackey, who signed
with the Boston Red Sox. They also lost Vladimir Guerrero as he signed with the Texas Rangers.
The Philadelphia Phillies did lose Cliff Lee in the Seattle trade, but they did end up signing Roy Halladay, the best free agent on the market. It will be interesting to see how Halladay does in the
National League, having played his entire career with the American League Toronto Blue Jays.
Jason Bay left the Boston Red Sox and signed a contract with the New York Mets. This could be a huge loss for the Red Sox because Bay put up some great offensive numbers for them.
The St. Louis Cardinals did end up keeping outfielder Matt Holliday as they signed him to a huge contract. It was thought that he would end up signing with another ball club
in the off-season. Should be a very fun 2010 baseball season to watch and I can hardly wait for opening day!
