You would think after all of these years I’d have a better handle on baseball trends, but no, I still can’t figure out the difference between a hot streak and stardom and a slump and the end of a career. But then, since no one in baseball can, either, I don’t know why I have [...]
His season totals are still way below his usual standards, but Albert Pujols is back to being one of the best hitters in baseball and has been for more than a month now. Pujols had a .194 batting average and zero homers through 27 games. Then he homered against the Blue Jays on May 6…
Peter Bourjos has started just two of the Angels’ last nine games as the combination of his poor first two months and Mike Trout‘s arrival pushed the Opening Day center fielder to the bench. Bourjos is an amazing defensive center fielder who last season hit well enough to be one of the best all-around outfielders…
As expected, the Angels are using Albert Pujols at third base in order to get another bat into the lineup during interleague play in NL ballparks. Pujols, who began his career as a third baseman and started there four times for the Cardinals last season, is making his first Angels start at the hot corner…
Ah, the beauty of the American League. Because of the designated hitter, American League teams often have to shift Albert Pujols to Play Some Third Base for Los Angeles Angels – Call to the Pen – Call to the Pen – A Major League Baseball Fan Site – News, Blogs, Opinion and More
When Albert Pujols played a couple of games at third base last year it was rather unusual and unexpected. But the fact that he did OK there and didn’t hurt anything will make it easier for Mike Scioscia to make out his lineup card for interleague play in NL parks with greater peace of mind:…
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Giancarlo Stanton homered 56 times in his first 250 career games, but when he began this season by going homerless in his first 19 games there were plenty of questions about what was wrong with the 22-year-old Marlins slugger. It turns out, the answer was … nothing. Stanton snapped his homerless streak on April 29…
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1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game Autograph Jim Bouton (nno) I am not sure which character