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Originally Posted by clementefanoh

another tortured, passive- aggressive (or maybe, just plain aggressive) slam from the all knowing stache! Since you know everything, stache, i guess the debate is over on albert pujols...
Except it isn't. First of all, he's a "dumpster fire" who is "embarrassing himself"- but you "really like" him? Strange way to express admiration...
Here's a novel approach. Since a relatively quiet guy who has had a storied career just achieved a major milestone, how about we enjoy it (or merely acknowledge it, for heaven's sake) rather than flex our keyboard muscles tearing him down? Jeesh. News flash for the stache- lots of wonderful players deteriorate over time. Did you truly expect him to maintain his stl pace with the angels? If he had done so, he'd have 800+ home runs and 2500+ rbi (and yes, i'm rounding off- you can do the o/c math). I'm sure pujols is devastated that he didn't meet your statistical models.
When pujols retires, he'll have 660+ hr, well over 3000 hits, 2000+ rbi, and a career batting average right around .300. So, it's accurate to say he is one of the all time greats, not merely that he "was on his way to becoming" one.
I'll close by saying i'm no fan of stl or the angels, but i can certainly recognize a deserving first ballot hof player when i see one. Trent king

a huge +1