[jessduntno]

"Albert is a much better hitter than A-Rod. That's my opinion, but if you ask other baseball guys, they will tell you the same thing. The fact that Pujols was 6-for-7 with three homers against me has nothing to do with it."

That's a funny line, right there...

[freebilly]

Best in baseball....

[EveningStar]

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[Artemis Webb]

EveningStar thank you for the ping.

I saw this column yesterday. Pujols is unquestionably the best player in the game today. I have to tell you though they mention Miguel Cabrera in the column so I looked at his career stats. He’s right up there with Albert on many of them but lacks the discipline Albert has as shown by a lot more strikeouts.

The Cardinals on the whole are going to have a very rough time getting past the reds for the division title.

freebilly, Bryce Harper is a big strong kid (think Mickey Mantle), but what’s yet to be seen, and won’t for a time, is if he can hit a BIG LEAGUE curveball or changeup. I remember about 15 years ago or so the Dodgers had this guy named Billy Ashley. Strong as a bull ox. He was dominant in the minors but as soon as he got to the majors they found out he couldn’t hit a big league curveball and that’s all he saw from then on. A lot of people seem to think Harper is the real deal though. Time will tell.