Author : Rob Rains
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582618920
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)
Book Synopsis Albert the Great by : Rob Rains
Download or read book Albert the Great written by Rob Rains and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: No player in the history of baseball has burst onto the scene like the Cardinals' Albert Pujols. His first four seasons have been matched statiscally 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. Pujols' 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.