Los Angeles is the “City of Angels” and its Angels baseball team has a superstar now in Albert Pujols. But Albert was imported from St. Louis and has yet to prove his worth to the people in LA. There is someone who wears Dodger blue that is rapidly winning over the people of LA. His name is Matt Kemp and
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May 12, 2012
The Angels aren't really getting their money's worth. After inking a 10-year, $254 million deal this offseason, Albert Pujols has sputtered out of the gate. The first baseman is hitting .192 with just one home run and 11 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .228. Obviously, those numbers sit well below Pujols' career averages, so the safe bet is that he'll turn things...
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May 10, 2012
Approximately a month ago, we summarized the best modified Albert Pujols jerseys that strolled into Busch Stadium at the Home Opener on April 13th. Unlike Albert Pujols’ offensive productivity this season, the jersey modification trend is heating up. We won’t say fans are getting more creative, but the general population is definitely getting more ambitious [...]
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May 09, 2012
We are now into May there have been several surprises this baseball season. To the surprise of most people, the Dodgers are in first place in the NL West. This is almost as crazy as Albert Pujols not hitting a homerun in the month of April, but oh wait… that happened…
So how are the Dodgers having all of this success? Well, a large part of that is due to Matt Kemp. Most people...
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May 12, 2012
The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a bad week when it comes to left hamstrings. Last Sunday in Chicago, National League MVP favorite Matt Kemp was held out of the lineup with a tight
left hamstring, and the team has lost two players to the disabled list this week. Jerry Hairston Jr., was the latest to be placed on the disabled list, as the Dodgers
shelved the utility man on Friday...
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May 11, 2012
Pardon me for hitting this point again and again, but it's by far the most fascinating part of Albert Pujols' season so far. Anybody can go into a home run drought; the difference between a home run and a flyout is, what, the width of a cuticle? It's very easy for a home-run hitter to not hit a home run. They do it all the time. But to not walk is just so deliberate...
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May 11, 2012
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There was an unusual moment during the Angels’ postgame handshake lineup on Wednesday night. After beating the Twins 6-2, the Angels players lined up for handshakes and high-fives to celebrate the win. For some reason, Albert Pujols chucked his glove at teammate Erick Aybar. The move was strange and made Pujols look like a jerk, but SI injury...
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May 10, 2012
Make no mistake about it, the Cardinals seem to be adapting well to life after Albert Pujols. Obviously much better than the Angels are adapting to life with Pujols.
Predictably, people want to know just how the Cardinals are continuing to contend in the National League after losing arguably the best player in baseball. So Lance Berkman took it upon himself to let us all in on why...
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May 09, 2012
DID YOU KNOW? While the world has obsessed over Matt Kemp's awesomeness and Albert Pujols' terribleness and Jamie Moyer's oldness and Bryce Harper's youngness, professional baseball has also been played by at least like fifty other people! It's a thing I'd forgotten for a while, what with those things, and the unmitigated disaster that has been the Twins...
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May 10, 2012
After last night's 6-2 Angels win over the Twins, as the Angels are doing their postgame handshakes, shortstop Erick Aybar taps first baseman Albert Pujols on the elbow. Pujols proceeds to whip his glove at Aybar, and looks really, really irritated afterwards, inspecting his elbow. It's worth noting that the elbow that Aybar tapped was the one that Pujols has had problems...
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May 10, 2012
Is good pitching an effective way to win games? Would Albert Pujols like to start hitting home runs? What exactly is a ‘farm team’? These are all questions the casual baseball fan could never hope to answer. Lucky for us, JoeSportsFan’s baseball insider Skeeter Rosin dropped by the show recently to spit some knowledge. Try [...]
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May 09, 2012
If you’re like me, you’re thoroughly disappointed with your first round draft choice in this year’s fantasy baseball draft. Thankfully, the season is only a month old. However, it’s hard not to think that this nonsense could perpetuate… So who’s the biggest first round disaster?
Albert Pujols -Albert’s stats are absolutely grotesque. He’s done nothing. Absolutely...
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May 11, 2012
Forgive the potential hyperbole, but when the Angels open their series against the Rangers at 5:05 PM today, it will either be the beginning of the end to their 2012 season or a bright new beginning to their quest to reconquer the AL West.
While the baseball-loving free world would have you believe that the Rangers have already wrapped up their third straight division title, they...
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May 11, 2012
Matt Adams, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
Current Level: AAA
2012 Top 15 Prospects Ranking: 8th
Current Value: Nearly Ready
Barring injury, St. Louis probably won’t be looking to shake its roster up anytime soon given its success in 2012 despite the loss of Mr. Albert Pujols. Lance Berkman and Allen Craig, both capable of playing first base, are also getting healthy, which could mean...
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May 11, 2012
The rookie year photo…. It’s like an elementary school year book photo; it’s awesome, yet hilarious at the same time. Today, we’re highlighting athletes from their rookie year, my how they’ve grown.
As tempting as it will be to try and decipher if this athlete took steroids, I think it’s best just to enjoy the photo. Since I had to go there – If you don’t think Albert...
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May 08, 2012
Note: I started writing this article on Sunday night but had to sleep before finishing it as I had work the next morning. Then after eleven hours running around a restaurant all day I ate dinner and went to bed so for the sake of me let’s pretend that this post came out yesterday. So yesterday in the article means Sunday.
p.s. I’m watching Tony Lucca and Adam Levine sing yesterday...
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