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Not really slumping.  This is what he has been.  The freaky thing was 2 home runs in two days. 

Not really slumping.  This is what he has been.  The freaky thing was 2 home runs in two days. 

Win pct Before trout injury .490
after trout injury .667
 
trade trout!!
 
 

Win pct Before trout injury .490
after trout injury .667
 
trade trout!!
 
 

Win pct Before trout injury .490
after trout injury .667
 
trade trout!!
 
 

Win pct Before trout injury .490
after trout injury .667
 
trade trout!!
 
 

The fearful effect of the unibrow wore off. 

The fearful effect of the unibrow wore off. 

Scioscia:  cmon everyone Trout can't do this alone.  
 
(To trout) scioscia:  you'll have to do this yourself. 

The fearful effect of the unibrow wore off. 

The fearful effect of the unibrow wore off. 

Why does a full time designated hitter need a day off?   Really?

Can anyone else see a 1 year deal for Weaver forthcoming since there is no one else to pitch?

"Wait, they didn't tell you Albert is my age?"

The one thing he declared by turning down the Cardinals 200 million dollar offer is that it was all about the money.  The last years of his contract pay escalating money up to $30 million per year in the final year.  Why would he walk away from that when all he wanted was the money.
 
There is also a $7 million dollar bonus for home run number 763.  Perhaps that is why he has become Adam Dunn.

No matter who is there to replace him, if you keep trotting him out injured, he will never heal.  Instead of 2 weeks of Cron and a return to a healthier Pujols, you'll get and entire season of this Pujols.

No matter who is there to replace him, if you keep trotting him out injured, he will never heal.  Instead of 2 weeks of Cron and a return to a healthier Pujols, you'll get and entire season of this Pujols.

No matter who is there to replace him, if you keep trotting him out injured, he will never heal.  Instead of 2 weeks of Cron and a return to a healthier Pujols, you'll get and entire season of this Pujols.

Any real question as whether Scioscia has any power when it comes to Pujols?  If the guy can't put weight on his ankle, the manager should shelf him, grow a set Mike....
 
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said giving Pujols some time off to get healthier has "definitely been discussed," but it has yet to occur. There have been times when a date has been mapped out, then Pujols will go through pregame work and declare himself fit to play.
Going on the disabled list, and benefitting from a couple of weeks off, is basically out of the question.
"Not if I don't need to," Pujols said. "You really have to need it. I mean, anybody here can benefit from a two-week break. But if you don't need it, why would you take a two-week break? I don't think that's fair to the team."
So Pujols marches on.
The right foot, the one that was surgically repaired in November, "feels great," he said. But sometimes the left ankle will ache so bad that he can't even put weight on it, and now the left hamstring is an issue. He plans to play through it, all while trying desperately to produce more power from the Angels' cleanup spot.

On the bright side, he will definitely set one career mark with the Angels:
 
Rank Player (yrs, age) Double Plays Grounded Into Bats 1. Cal Ripken+ (21) 350 R 2. Ivan Rodriguez (21) 337 R 3. Hank Aaron+ (23) 328 R 4. Albert Pujols (16, 36) 324 R 5. Carl Yastrzemski+ (23) 323 L 6. Dave Winfield+ (22) 319 R 7. Eddie Murray+ (21) 315 B   Jim Rice+ (16) 315 R 9. Julio Franco (23) 312 R 10. Harold Baines (22) 298 L 11. Brooks Robinson+ (23) 297 R

BA last 1 game:  .750
 
I think he'll hit .400 for the year at this pace.

Scioscia versus the Milwaukee sausage racers.