Great Eye

The Brewers won again last night, but this is not a Brewers victory post again. (They should have been able to score more than 3, I think they left 10+ on base). This is a post about the best player in the league, Albert Pujols. Yes, he was 0-4 last night with a strikeout, but he is the best overall player in the league, this year, I'd argue the best in the past 5 years, with the only one close being A-Rod.

Pujols struck out last night, making a grand total of 31 on the year. 31? For an everyday player who doesn't get very many good pitches per at bat to hit. To put that in perspective, Ryan Howard has 133 strikeouts (he had 199 last year), Carlos Delgado has 79,Derrick Lee has 69, Lance Berkman has 65, and even the mighty A-rod has 62. For his career Pujols has a strikeout every 2.5 games, compare that to someone like Geoff Jenkins who averaged 2.5 strikeouts per game. A-rod has struck out once every 1.2 games and Ryan Howard has a strikeout once every .8 games throughout their career.

Watching the game last night you get worried every time that Pujols comes up to bat, it doesn't matter the score or the situation. He can hit a home run at any time, but he doesn't try to hit a home run usually. He kills you by hitting base hits and starting rallies. He should win the NL MVP again this year, he is the only reason the Cardinals are even doing anything. Please if Chase Utley wins the award I will throw up. That guy had 2 great months, but has really come back down to earth, and the Phillies have more good players than the Cards.

He won the MVP once, but I argue he should have won it the year before when he finished 2nd to Barry Bonds. Pujols finished higher than Bonds in every statistic except homeruns, Bonds stats were higher the year before, and Bonds was juiced. The Cardinals also had a better ecord and made the World Series. Pujols should have also won in two years later when he was 2nd to Ryan Howard. Again he finished higher in every category except home runs, and the Cardinals won the World Series.

Also in a day and age when most sports celebrities are a**-holes, Pujols breaks the mold. He donates much time and money to local St. Louis charities, and wants no attention about it. His step-son has downs syndrome and he spends most of the off season raising awareness and money towards this. He also scored a 100% on his citizenship test, so he's no idiot. I think the average American would score about a 55% on this.

Editors side note: I guarantee if Yost had not been ejected he would have had CC throw at Pujols in the 9th inning after Fielder was hit for the second time in the 8th. Thank god he was ejected so he was unable to Yost himself.