Albert the Great: The Albert Pujols Story
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Book Description
Description: No player in the history of baseball has burst onto the scene like the Cardinals' Albert Pujols. His first four seasons have been matched statiscally by only Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio through the same point in their Hall of Fame careers. Moving from the Dominican Republic when he was 15 years old was the break Pujols needed to turn himself into one of the best players in the game today. He was only a 13th-round draft choice out of a small junior college, but all Pujols needed was one season in the low minor leagues, with 14 career at bats above Class A, before he was ready for the major leagues. Pujols' career began with a monstrous Rookie of the Year campaign, and he has not slowed down yet, finishing as the runnerup to Barry Bonds in the National League's MVP voting the last two years and likely to finish in the top three in voting again this season. He appears to be the most likely candidate in the game today to become the next Triple Crown winner and perhaps the next hitter to challenge the .400 mark.
About the Author
Rob Rains has been writing about baseball and the St. Louis Cardinals for the past 25 years. A former beat writer covering the Cardinals for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Rains also spent five years as the National League beat writer for USA Today Baseball Weekly. Currently a free-lance writer and author, Rains also is an adjunct professor at Webster University and co-hosts a baseball talk show on KMOX Radio in St. Louis. He is the author of 23 books, including 12 on the Cardinals. Among his books are a biography of Mark McGwire which reached The New York Times' bestseller list in 1998. Rains lives in St. Louis with his wife Sally and sons B.J. and Mike.
Albert the Great: The Albert Pujols Story,Rob Rains,Sports Publishing,1582618925,Baseball - General,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Sports - Baseball,Sports - General,Biography & Autobiography / Sports,Sports & Recreation/Baseball - General
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