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Prime Time: When Does A Player’s Career Reach Its Peak?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, tagged , on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) When does a baseball player’s prime begin and end? That question, which has been hotly debated for a long time, recently prompted columnist Joe Posnanski to put down his pen in favor of a bar graph that contradicted the growing conventional wisdom that the prime years of a player’s […]

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Show Me the Money: A Chronological History of Baseball’s Best Paid Players

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on January 27, 2012 | 4 Comments »

(The following was originally published at Bronx Banter) Alex Rodriguez stood alone as baseball’s only $200 million man for a decade, but now he has company. In the last six weeks, the fraternity has tripled with the addition of Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder. However, Arod still remains firmly planted atop baseball’s all-time salary totem […]

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Rage Against the Machine; Anger Toward Pujols Familiar Territory for Arod

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Business and Finance, Hot Stove, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on December 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Albert Pujols’ decision to take his talents to Southern California has inspired great joy among Angels’ fans and, not surprisingly, a considerable amount of vitriol from those who root for the Cardinals. Phony, trader, liar, mercenary, and fraud have all been used on twitter and talk radio to describe Pujols because he opted for a […]

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Pujols Flies the Coup, but Media’s Reaction Is Foul

Posted in Baseball, Media, World Series, tagged , , on October 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Albert Pujols, one of the greatest players in the history of the game and most revered figures in the city of St. Louis, is a coward who lacks leadership skills, at least according to the headline writers at Yahoo! Sports. Judging by the solemn photo of Pujols, crouching low after allowing a relay throw to […]

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Remembering Forgettable Opening Day Performances

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged , on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By going 0-5 with three double plays, Albert Pujols turned in one of the most forgettable Opening Days in major league history, which means it will likely be remembered for a long time. Worst Opening Day Performances, 1957-2011 Player Date […]

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WARriors: A Look at Each Team’s Most Productive Position Player and Pitcher in 2010

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Spring training hasn’t been very kind to the St. Louis Cardinals. First, Albert Pujols decided to table contract extension negotiations until after the season, and now it has been confirmed that Adam Wainwright will have Tommy John surgery and miss the entire season. Pujols and Wainwright are both vital parts of the Cardinal team. In […]

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“We’re Not the Yankees”: Cardinals Have Only Themselves to Blame for Economic Situation; Like Stan the Man Before Him, Pujols Deserves To Be Paid

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

After agreeing to table contract extension talks with Albert Pujols until after the 2011 season, St. Louis Cardinals’ owner Bill DeWitt Jr. lamented, “We’re not the Yankees”. Although that statement is literally true (unless the Steinbrenners secretly sold the team over the winter), the Cardinals have historically been thought of as the “Yankees of the […]

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