'To watch Pujols interact with fans is to watch a prototypical spoiled, arrogant 21st century sports star at his absolute worst'
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
So glad Pearlman doesn't have a big gig anymore.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
haha tru
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
2011 capsule:
.156/.243/.250MLB leading 6 GIDPs2-10 w/ RISP (haha, actually better than w/o RISP)2 Errors (total of 4 in 2010)
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
#arbitraryendpoints
― ciderpress, Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
#captsaveapoohole
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 April 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
#shastasbestweekever
― bnw, Sunday, 10 April 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
btw what were they jeering in sf? "Get one hit" or something?
― bnw, Sunday, 10 April 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
Story on 60 Minutes coming up--is this new?
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 April 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
maybe he reveals something TERRIBLE in the 60 minutes segment...maybe that's why he's been sucking ass all week...just knowing that everyone will know his terrible secret as soon as the segment airs...god what could it be!
― Z S, Sunday, 10 April 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
It'll be interesting to see him sitting under a high-powered lamp, sweating, getting the third degree from Leslie Stahl.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 April 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe he'll finally admit that he's really 34 years old, right Shasta?
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 10 April 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
7 GiDPs...
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
i think he noticed how much the yankees overpaid jeter and is trying to emulate his game at all costs
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
man.
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
even when the cardinals are winning, it's just not much fun when pujols isn't effortlessly dominating
sorry, it's just a comment from some random on albert's fangraphs page but:
Fun Fact:ALBERT Einstein had an IQ of 160. That means he is 60% more intelligent than the average human.
ALBERT Einstein had an IQ of 160. That means he is 60% more intelligent than the average human.
that is wrong on so many levels
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
wait, sorry, albert einstein, not pujuls...so the 160 part may be correct. the other part, not so much. i will stop talking to myself on this thread...when albert finally gets a hit.
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
didn't he open cold a couple of seasons back and wind up with 40+ HRs?
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 06:29 (twelve years ago) link
I think it was 2007, when his final line was .327/.429/.568
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
One thing that wouldn't surprise me would be if, at 31, Pujols is on the other side of his peak, and that last year's slightly less imposing line is where he settles in for the next couple of years. He starts at a place where he could probably decline 5% a season and still be the best hitter in the game five years from now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
he could have entered a decline phase, for sure. i mean beyond the age issue, one only needs to look back to who was arguably the previous "best righthanded hitter in the game", frank thomas. 7 eye-popping offensive seasons, a couple of off years in his 30-31 age seasons, one more MVP-caliber year, and the rest of the way he was dealing with injuries and only had two more seasons which could be considered HOF-caliber or even approaching his peak. i think big hurt had other issues that pujols does not have (body size, nagging injuries, lost seasons) but sometimes these epic hitters just drop off out of nowhere.
― omar little, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
2 AB hitting streak right now
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
xp no doubt big first basemen have an annoying habit of falling completely off a cliff.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
yep, really falling apart
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 April 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
all the cards needed was to feast on the nl west to get it together
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 16 April 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:52 PM (1 month ago)
Is it okay to talk about this yet? Free agency looming and all...
.267/.336/.415MLB leading 13 GIDPs.327 w/ RiSP (major improvement)5 Errors (total of 4 in 2010, projecting to 16, a career high)
This is a pretty major statistical depression compared to his career #s for a supposed 31 year old ya? Is he hurt again?
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
errors are a subjective irrelevancy
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
13 XBH, 14 GIDP
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
back to full market value, haters?
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 June 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
I realize he's still only slugging .473, but if you think that's gonna last...
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 June 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
Albert usually takes it upon himself to prove Shasta wrong.
― bnw, Monday, 6 June 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
i'm a hater, not because I think he sucks or anything, but because he calls out other teams for celebrating too much on the field and untucking their jerseys while constantly admiring his own home runs and doing things like high stepping his way to home plate, it's like fuck you dude, you can't have your cake and eat it too. btw I'm almost always pro-celebration
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
see I pretty much don't pay attention to that stuff (unless it's the Phillies or Braves)
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
I think Hinske is the only guy we've got right now who really likes the look of his own HRs, and he's not really egregious about it.
― what made my hamburger disappear (WmC), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
I miss Reggie Jackson: "The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."
― clemenza, Thursday, 9 June 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
For that love/hate question that was posted last week, I should have slightly expanded my answer: I love not just stats in general, but also the statistical symmetry of certain careers. Those few players who never have a less than good year--I've loved looking at the career boxes of such players since I first started obsessing over stats as a kid. He'll have to finish strong, but Pujols is still within range of another .300/40/100 year. I expect Morbius or someone else will point out that who cares if he finishes .297/39/98, the difference means nothing. True enough--but .300/40/100 looks nicer.
― clemenza, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
.300/40/100 would be nice - but .300/30/100 is his gold standard - he's never failed to reach it.
ZIPS projects him for .289/38/100, fwiw
― the guy who is too intense about the bean toss game (Z S), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
he's been on fire (aka his normal self) ever since his injury, and in fact for the week leading up to his injury. his at bats have that old inevitability of greatness that they always have
― the guy who is too intense about the bean toss game (Z S), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
hilarious that .289/38/100 is a "down season" for albert. but it's true that he's been noticeably worse this year. particularly with his walk rate (8.5%). normally he's up around 15-16%.
― the guy who is too intense about the bean toss game (Z S), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
he got another hit as I was typing that. and earlier tonight, he crushed a HR for ~460 ft - longest HR in nu-Busch Stadium history
― the guy who is too intense about the bean toss game (Z S), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I forgot he's had a few seasons under 40 HR. Seeing as he's almost cleared the HR bar, I hope he singles in and doubles in enough runs the rest of the way to get to .300/30/100 then. He's got the most perfect career box ever, without even the normal blips, gaps, and slow starts you see in with Ruth, Williams, Bonds, etc.
― clemenza, Monday, 15 August 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah looking at his year-by-year stats is just beautiful, the man is a machine
― tine nic (k3vin k.), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite stat about Pujols is that if you take his worst years for BA/OBP/SLG/HR/RBI (not including this season) and assume THAT as his career average, he's still a hall of famer.
― frogbs, Monday, 15 August 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
okay, that's not really a stat. but still - and I did post this in another thread - but here are the numbers:
.312/.394/.561 with 32 HRs
― frogbs, Monday, 15 August 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
What happened to his walks?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 15 August 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
he's chasing more balls & making contact on more balls out of the zone than he ever has
― J0rdan S., Monday, 15 August 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not sure why that is -- maybe he's pressing? his walk rate has actually been worse in the past two months even tho he's boosted his statline considerably. idk what to make of it.
Perhaps pitchers are sensing he's more vulnerable this season and pitching more strikes to him? I'm pretty sure there's a way to find out somewhere but I wouldn't know where to start.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
The games I've seen with him it seems like they're able to get him to chase a lot of high fastballs and good curveballs in the dirt, but he seems to have made some adjustments as of late.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link