Comments on: Albert Pujols’ streak of .300-30-100 seasons ends at 10

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:36:18 +0000

Gator, I thought it was supposed to be Theo’s fault?

By: bigharold

bigharold — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:18:35 +0000

He will be soooo much cheaper now for the Yankees to sign him as a FA.

And, he’ll look good in pin stripes too.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:47:09 +0000

If Pujols fell only one point short on BA and one run short on RBI, it must be Terry Francona’s fault.

By: scatterbrian

scatterbrian — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:46:53 +0000

Dude, we’re not making any sweeping pronouncements about the abilities of Pujols or Ruth, or saying one is better than the other. You’re right, it’s based on arbitrary round numbers, but they’re round numbers that are steeped in baseball history, And it’s just for fun.

By: scatterbrian

scatterbrian — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:34:26 +0000

His jaw? Wow

By: okwhitefalcon

okwhitefalcon — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:33:26 +0000

And you happen to know he did?

Guilty until proven innocent, nice….

By: thekcubrats

thekcubrats — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:11:48 +0000

And you happen to know, absolutely, that Albert never touched the stuff. With that jaw, that power, that physique. And oh yeah, that many years (MLB and developmental) within the pre-post-steroid era.

Remember when ARod was the posterboy for non-steroidal dominance?

By: okwhitefalcon

okwhitefalcon — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:05:18 +0000

Good question, how ’bout the post steroid generation?

By: paperlions

paperlions — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:03:18 +0000

Bond debuted 15 years before Albert….to me, different generations.

By: thekcubrats

thekcubrats — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:55:01 +0000

Define your terms. Barry took several MVPs, deservedly, that would’ve otherwise been Albert’s. Is he the same generation? Will Albert steal 500 bases?

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:53:24 +0000

Yea, all washed up. I heard he’s a big jerk, too.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:52:13 +0000

Ahh, CONSECUTIVE.

Well not even Ruth did that…I double-checked his lifetime stats, and the 12 were broken up by a couple of “subpar” years, heheh.

By: thekcubrats

thekcubrats — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:50:43 +0000

(Of course, open the gauge up ever so slightly, and Ruth has 14 seasons of at least 29 HR 99 RBI and .300. And see? This arbitrary round-number cut makes those two years you didn’t mention seem not worth mentioning. But:

1919 29 HR 114 RBI .322
1922 35 HR 99 RBI .315

What’s the point of ignoring that?)

By: okwhitefalcon

okwhitefalcon — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:45:14 +0000

Bam!

The best player of his generation – bar none.

By: thekcubrats

thekcubrats — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:39:26 +0000

Uh, brainiacs? Pujols has eleven straight seasons, from the start of his career, of at least .299, 32 HR and 99 rbi. No one has ever done that. Ever. Not even close. Eleven consecutive. The only one who might have more in his career is Ruth, who perhaps did it once more. Put your round-number fetishism aside, and marvel.

By: sportsdrenched.com

sportsdrenched.com — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:15:41 +0000

He’s kind of OK at baseball.

By: The Dangerous Mabry

The Dangerous Mabry — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:45:18 +0000

Ah, that’s on me, then. I thought Ruth was consecutive.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:21:08 +0000

AP holds the record for (10) consective to start a career. No one (other than AP) has done it to start a career. I knew Ruth did it…and I thought Gehrig had (11) straight seasons. I forgot about Manny doing so.

By: granted42

granted42 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:43:53 +0000

Too bad he slumped in a contract year. It’s gonna cost him millions of dollars in his next contract.

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:34:35 +0000

Whatta bum.

By: scatterbrian

scatterbrian — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:32:25 +0000

Ruth had 12 overall, and “only” 8 consecutive. Pujol’s holds the record for 10 consecutive, and only needs three more to pass Ruth.

By: cubsrice

cubsrice — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:29:26 +0000

I think he meant 12 in a row, not 12 total. Although since Albert is “The Machine” I wouldn’t rule it out

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:25:45 +0000

How so?

Pujols is at 10, and Ruth has 12.

I have a feeling that this year was an anomaly for Pujols (contract distraction?) rather than a harbinger of age-related decline. I can easily see him getting at least 3 more seasons of .300/30/100 within the next 5 years alone.

By: The Dangerous Mabry

The Dangerous Mabry — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:17:14 +0000

It’s going to take one hell of a long career if he’s going to break Ruth’s record now.