In your opinion, who is a better St. Louis Cardinal, Mark McGuire or Alber Pujols?
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McGwire swung for power in every at-bat of his career, while Pujols is a bit of a smarter hitter. By that I mean he knows when not to hit for power. Albert is also faster than McGwire, and he is a better defensive 1st baseman.
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In the AL I'll say Ichiro Suzuki because he is the better all around player. DH players have never won the AL MVP so that would exclude (Hafner, Thome and Ortiz). \n\nIn the NL I'll say Albert Pujols but only if he returns from the DL. Otherwise, I'll say Lance Berkman (it will depend if he can carry the Astros to the playoffs).
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Mantle, Williams, Dimaggio, Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mays, Rose, just to name a few. But these are considered the greatest of all time, so Pujols is right there with them, but he still has to prove it over his whole career. I hope he does, hes a great ball player.
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Not me.  I'm glad he hit it.  Now we can get back to how great Albert Pujols is.
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Albert Pujols the best player in the MLB
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i think he is one of the best...but you also have to put a-rod, manny, ortiz, and derek jeter on that list, but i would say a-rod is the best player in baseball today and pujols is a close second
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albert pujols... he's great at everything he does.
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If you're just talking about hitting, I'd say you're right about Chipper.  As far as all around player, if I were starting a team tomorrow of switch hitters, the first player I'd have to choose would be Jason Varitek.  I think with the position he plays he's much more valuable to a team.
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Matt Morris. He was a proven pitcher in St. Louis.
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Over all it will either be Albert Pujols or Alex Rodrguez.\nOver the last two years they are the two best.  Even with Pujols hurt now he should still be there as on of the best.\nAlex has proven to be one of the best already and when all is said and done he will be in the top of most cat. in baseball.
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id pick Pujols over Soriano any day...but then again who wouldn't? the Cubs should do better this year new players new superstar coach...i see them doing hella better then they did last year...
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I'm a diehard Red Sox fan, and I'd have to go along with Jeter.\n\nThere are better Shortstops out there and there are better hitters out there, but I'd be hard-pressed to think of a better leader, and the man's always thinking out there.  Look at that amazing playing against the A's in the 2001 ALDS, when from his SS position he grabs an errant relay throw DOWN THE FIRST BASE LINE and makes a backhanded relay to the plate.  I've never seen anything like it.  \n\nAnd afterwards, what does he have to say about it?\n\n"I was supposed to be there," Jeter said. "I'm supposed to read the throw. I just got there."\n\nClass act, pure and simple.
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Albert Pujols, hands down
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Yeah, look at pudge, he's sucked ever since he got off the juice.  Joe Mauer WILL be in the all star game, Varitek will probably start, but dont worry, Joe Mauer will be the starting catcher in the AL for probably the next 9-10 years after this.
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Albert Pujols !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cardinals.  An offense like that can only be denied for so long.  And our pitching is MUCH better overall this year, which is what we needed.\n\nPlus, they've proven they can win consistantly--even with FOUR frontrunners (Pujols included) currently on the temporary DL.\n~+~+~+~+~+~+~\n\nThey did just lose a couple games pretty badly.  But we all have our bad days, right?  I'm waiting for our starting pitching to be healthy again, and then we'll see what happens.   ;)  White Sox just beat about HALF of the St. Louis Cardinals team, if ya know what I mean...
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In the NL, Pujols\n\nIn the AL, a damn Yankee ( it doesn't matter which one, they're all generic now)