Prince Albert Pujols, he reigneth

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Alex are you going to any of the STL games?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I've also heard them be down on Manny Ramirez and Adam Dunn too, but hey I don't live in Shasta-land.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm not actually! I kind of wish I had ticks. I saw 'em last year.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:29 (twenty years ago)

a-rod's pretty?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:34 (twenty years ago)

pretty shitty amirite?

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

he's pretty... pretty clutch.

Also Adam Dunn has got to be one of the greatest power hitters of all time.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Will Adam Dunn end up being Boog Powell or Harmon Killebrew?

I'm wondering how Teixeira fares, if he signs long-term to play in the AL Coors.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

i hope adam dunn starts to hit for average, in between whiffing and homering.

― gear (gear), Monday, 22 May 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

You forgot walking, gear. If he can just maintain a .250-.260 BA, his value will still be off the charts.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 22 May 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

He's the Rob Deer 5000 -- new and improved model.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 22 May 2006 21:08 (twenty years ago)

Nah, Wily Mo is the Nu-Rob Deer.

Dunn is the true three outcomes master: K, BB, HR.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 May 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

i wish he'd get up to .260!

― gear (gear), Monday, 22 May 2006 21:50 (twenty years ago)

Wait PECOTA actually thinks Adam Dunn is going to hit 600 home runs? Isn't Adam Dunn the poster-child for old player skills? Doesn't that usually = pretty short career?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:06 (twenty years ago)

That said his baseball-reference comparables through 25 look pretty good although to be fair I'm not sure anyone other than Killebrew on this list is a particularly good comparison (and I doubt this is the list of comparables PECOTA came up with):

Darryl Strawberry (927)
Reggie Jackson (926) *
Jose Canseco (918)
Troy Glaus (909)
Tom Brunansky (902)
Juan Gonzalez (901)
Boog Powell (901)
Rocky Colavito (891)
Tony Conigliaro (890)
Harmon Killebrew (883) *

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:22 (twenty years ago)

I'd compare him to Todd Helton: he plays in a crackerjack box 81 games a year.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

His home road splits are pretty extreme for his career IIRC.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Powell, Colavito, Conigliaro are all valid comparison - big, lumbering dudes with a ton of power but not necessarily staying potential.

IIRC, Boog is one of PECOTA's top comparables (as are Killer and Glaus)

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:38 (twenty years ago)

his three-year home/road splits aren't that bad: .836 away/.902 home

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:41 (twenty years ago)

what happened to helton? guy's turned into dave magadan.

― gear (gear), Monday, 22 May 2006 22:46 (twenty years ago)

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― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Friday, 26 May 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Babe Ruth hit his 25th homerun on June 30th in his definitive 1927 60-HR season (*154 games).

Pujols is a month and a day ahead of Babe Ruth's pace.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Ruth's pace is misleading -- didn't he hit 17 homers in September that year?

Comparing to Sosa/McGwire 1998 or Bonds 2001 is more revealing. I think he's ahead of everyone's pace though.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

Nah, he's behind McGwire and Bonds.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Straight average:

25/51*162 = 79.41

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

That would be quite a lot of home runs, but I'm pretty sure the .41 wouldn't count.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

that would be a double

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

tagged out stretching a single into a double.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

albert got greedy

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

BASTARD

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:31 (twenty years ago)

He did the Willy Mays Hayes spring training slide into 2nd.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

he straineth his oblique! Shasta don't hafta sell his "73" jewelry now.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

It's the sign that 36 year old body is breaking down!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

yes, it's extremely normal for 25 year old athletes to strain their oblique muscles circling under routine pop-ups.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 02:38 (twenty years ago)

Yeah quirky injuries only happen to old guys.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 04:10 (twenty years ago)

I strain my back standing up, for fuck's sake! (But I do drink Playa's Coffee.)

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 10:14 (twenty years ago)

I sneezed yesterday and my back hurt for an hour. I felt Sammy Sosa's pain.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

I love Alex In SF (as he knows) but I especially love how he thinks that injuries to middle fielders caused by players hard-sliding into second are freak/quirky injuries! :-D

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I love Steve Shasta (as he knows) but I especially love how he thinks that oblique strains are something that only happen to old people who are moving furniture and A's starting pitchers! ;D

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

*slurp slurp slurp*

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 18:10 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Jermaine Dye now has more HRs (39) than Albert (38)...

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, who hits behind Albert Pujols again?

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

you got me!

(btw, I only posted that because I find it "INTERESTING", not out of home team oneupsmanship)(but I've long been a fan of JD generally)

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Pujols has equalled his season-high HR tally with 46.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

He is on the juice, plus he's old!

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

Haha @ Justin Gaitlin foreshadowing upthread circa 5/22.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

foreshadowing my ass, that story was old already

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

no, he broke the record. and then was caught a month or two later. hmmm sort of like that tour de france dude whose name i can't even remember anymore oh yes I can floyd landis.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:25 (nineteen years ago)

Pujols HR:2B ratio:

pre-AS break: 29:10
post-AS break: 17:21

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

"In 2001, Gatlin was banned from international competition for two years after testing positive for amphetamines. Gatlin appealed on the grounds that the positive test had been due to medication that he had been taking for a number of years for attention deficit disorder, with which he was diagnosed as a child. The appeal resulted in an early reinstatement by the IAAF."

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 04:50 (nineteen years ago)

what's his ratio pre-oblique strain and post-oblique strain?

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

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