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  1. 19 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

    Its still mindblowing to compare his two careers. Completely different player from one team to the next

    Bill james made a comment recently how pujols is like the only guy w a .300 average so late in his career whos retiring below .300

    Pujols had a career .328 batting average after 6,312 at-bats at the end of the 2011 regular season. He's currently a career .298 hitter at the Major League level. I remember posting something similar to how I have never seen a hitter with that high of a batting average on that many at-bats to go under .300. So it seems like he's the only guy to have that high of a batting average in that many at-bats to fall under .300. The later part of his career came at a tough time for hitters. Pitchers were back to dominating and saving the upper hand on hitters for the first time since the early 1990s (1990, 1991, and 1992). Pujols also had the deal with the marine layer at Angel Stadium. So many outs for him would have been hits without the coldness. 

  2. It would be nice to see if Trout joins the 300-300 club. Trout already has over 300 career home runs and 202 stolen bases. I just hope he doesn't go the Sosa route when it comes to going from being an elite base stealer to just shutting it down stealing bases. It's easy to forget that Sosa was fast and stole a lot of bases before just going the slugger route. But that Sosa was constantly stealing at least 20 bases per season for quite awhile. Barry and Bobby Bonds are two of the members of the club. A-Rod is another. And I do remember Reggie Sanders being in the club as well. Not a name that immediately comes to mind. I'm not sure about Soriano but he might very well might be part of the 300-300 club himself. Had a 40-40 season with the Nationals in 2006. 

  3. 1 hour ago, True Grich said:

    Bonds is NOT in the HOF for GOOD reason.

    Bonds would have been an easy choice for the MLB Hall of Fame if he had decided to call it quits after the 1998 regular season. If I remember correct, he was already a member of the 400-400 club before 1999. He might have been the first player ever to hit 400 home runs and steal 400 bases. Not to mention the fact that he was an eight time All-Star and won three MVPs before the last season of the 21st century. Too bad for him that he started using steroids in 1999. He's like that kid who excels at history but decides to make himself other worldly compared to his peers by stealing answer keys to tests. 

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