Comments on: Glaused Over, pt. 2

By: zip

zip — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:00:22 +0000

I actually have a poster with Albert on it swinging the bat, and cogs and gears are superimposed over half of his body. It reads, “Albert Pujols: The Machine.”

Not sure where it came from, but it does exist.

By: Dave Newman

Dave Newman — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:51:15 +0000

regarding “The Machine,” if I understand correctly you are saying that it’s a non-existent nickname. Yes, it’s true that no one has said that in a long time, but I actually have video of the TWIB about Albert done in 2003, and he says “my teammates have started calling me The Machine.”

So…there is some validity

By: Levi Stahl

Levi Stahl — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:17:33 +0000

I submitted this to Baseball Think Factory today for you. It seemed worth it if for no other reason than to clarify the MVP argument. Well done.

By: vinnie

vinnie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:17:23 +0000

Let me go out on a limb and suggest that Albert Puljos may well be the greatest right hand hitter the game has yet seen.
When you consider his translated batting stats with those of the other great all time right hand batters, you find that his records compare favorably or better than those of such stalwarts as Hornsby, Simmons, Foxx, DiMaggio, Heilman and even those high average 19th century hitters.
Check for yourself and enjoy. We may have the best ever right in our midst.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/pujolal01.php