Pujols ahead of schedule; will make ST debut Friday.

[Richard]

 

[Docwaukee]

I hadn't realized they invented a weightless batters box.  

[Troll Daddy]

Pencil him into the Opening Day lineup 

[fan_since79]

I can't wait to see the weak ground balls to the left side of the infield.

 

[Chuck]

Great! I will be there. 

 

[Ohtaniland]

Courtesy runner is ready to go.

[Angel Oracle]

Going to be full blown The Babe (runner waiting at 1B to complete HR trot)?

[Ohtaniland]

[Michifan]

I guess I'm in the minority,  but I'm actually happy to hear this about Pujols and am optimistic he can have as good of a season as last year,  which would make me very happy.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Albert Pujols - 488 RBI and 146 HR in last 5 years (4 1/2)

Sure he is slow, sure he is way over paid, but only Trout has had more production in the last 5 years on the Angels. I doubt there are many players in the ML with more RBI and HR than Albert.

Say what you want about him but he gives everything he has every game unlike Hamilton for instance.

[Taylor]

ST debut on Friday = ASB?

[Angel Dog and Beer]

34 minutes ago, Taylor said:

ST debut on Friday = ASB?

 

 

 

 

2018

Signed, 

AO

[NJHalo]

3 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Albert Pujols - 488 RBI and 146 HR in last 5 years (4 1/2)

Sure he is slow, sure he is way over paid, but only Trout has had more production in the last 5 years on the Angels. I doubt there aren't many players in the ML with more RBI and HR than Albert.

Say what you want about him but he gives everything he has every game unlike Hamilton for instance.

Kind of like someone who still drives a Humvee.

[Ohtaniland]

St. louis Albert

Angels Albert

He's a still a superhero 

[Troll Daddy]

Pujols has said, he wants to play defense more often this season. It would benefit the team if he can play 60 games or more at first base.

[Ohtaniland]

1 hour ago, Troll Daddy said:

Pujols has said, he wants to play defense more often this season. It would benefit the team if he can play 60 games or more at first base.

Scioscia wants Albert to DH more. Albert wants to DH less.

Let's see how that plays out.

[yk9001]

On 3/9/2017 at 6:22 AM, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

 

Say what you want about him.

I can't stand the guy.

[Dtwncbad]

41 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

I can't stand the guy.

No attempt to change your mind, but why?  That's kind of puzzling to me.  He is a very good person who is a family man and charitable and plays the game the right way.  Is it the money?  I personally will never hold a contract against a player unless they are cheaters or they quit (stop trying) once they have the guaranteed contract.  Pujols doesn't fit those descriptions, so what's the beef?  Just curious.

[yk9001]

I have no idea whether his is a good person.  Redemption articles by the ton have been written about the most worthless scum of athletes.  I don't have any reason to think he's a bad person, either.  He's just a guy living in a Newport Beach mansion.  What I don't like is his personality. As an Angel, he's seemed to me to be defensive, caustic and rigid.

The charity thing.. please.

He plays the game the right way... isn't he supposed to?  What do you want, a cookie?

I have never liked Angels who made their bones with other teams, and it rubs me wrong that Arte has sold Pujol's Cardinal achievements as something that I am supposed to give a crap about. I don't.  I only care about him as an angel.

Aesthetically, he's a mess to watch.  Old man, can't run, looks like hell out there.

I wish he'd just go away.  I understand that isn't the view of most.

 

[Dtwncbad]

Wow.  That's a mess of a mess.

I feel like I just sat through Thanksgiving dinner stuck listening to drunk uncle ranting about area 51.

I was hoping for something that made sense, but thanks anyway.

[Dtwncbad]

Pujols got fat.  He can't run.  And he isn't nearly as dangerous as an Angel as any of us hoped he would be.  But I don't see much to dislike him personally.  Pretty much anything I hear about him is squarely positive in the "rate him as a human" conversation, so I inquired. What am I missing?

I don't get the answer, but whatever.

[Angels#1Fan]

Like him or not Albert is a gamer..is his contract a bad one..yes..by all accounts is he a good guy..yes.

Albert was basically paid for what he did in St Louis so some people expected him to have the same success here. Because he hasn't there are those that hold it against him. I don't really blame them for being disappointed but for someone to say they "can't stand him" seems a bit irrational to me.

[Dtwncbad]

We don't know if ANY of these people are truly good people for sure.  That's built in.  All we have to go on is what we see and hear.

Aside from the built in unknown, Pujols seems to be pretty close to the top of the list for gobs of data suggesting he is a good dude.

[yk9001]

1 hour ago, Dtwncbad said:

We don't know if ANY of these people are truly good people for sure.  That's built in.  All we have to go on is what we see and hear.

Aside from the built in unknown, Pujols seems to be pretty close to the top of the list for gobs of data suggesting he is a good dude.

On one post, you say he's a good guy.  On another post you say we don't know if any of these guys are truly good people for sure.

Which is it?

[Dtwncbad]

Maybe just for fun I won't answer and leave you as surely the only one confused and unclear on my content.