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Incredibly athletic and very fast as well. His hit that wasn't a HR was an infield single that he legged out, and he showed very nice range in RF and made a few nice catches.

So far today: 3 hits, 1 walk, 4 RBIs, 2 homeruns (1 off Justin Verlander, the other off Phil Coke who is nasty on left handed batters). The best part is he will be re-assigned to minor league camp after the game since rosters need to be cut down.

Yeah, I was just pointing out that I heard and I agree.

I did hear that he consulted with Snider/Luukko and told them to keep Jordan around for the remainder of the season. And when you think about it, that makes sense. I see no purpose in firing the guy now, they have waited too long.

The OPS argument is really the strongest one for Pujols (for once I agree with Fish...wtf??). A-Rod has OPS'd 1.000+ 6 times in his career. Pujols has done it 7 times....in 9 less seasons. A-Rod is amazing, as is Manny, but I can confidently vote for Pujols. Also, I hate using strikeouts as a reason to bring down a hitter, but it's worth noting that Pujols has never had 100+ strikeouts in a season, while A-Rod has struck out over 100 times all but 2 seasons (not counting the seasons he played fewer than 50 games).

I dunno, I guess this is just a matter of opinion. Both absolutely dominate every column of the stat sheet, can't really make a convincing argument for one over the other, it's just a preference thing. The one clear thing Manny has going for him is that he's been doing it for a bit longer. The one thing that stands out to me with Pujols, when talking sheer freaky talent, is that as a 21 year old, he played a 161 game season and OPS'd over 1.000. The guy is just a freak (not that Manny isn't of course, but this has just always stood out to me). Can't really go wrong arguing for either guy though.

Albert Pujols. Pujols could retire today and I'd consider him a top 5 hitter of all time, and the greatest right handed batter ever. If he plays 10 more seasons with a similar level of production to what he's done so far, he will be the greatest baseball player of all time. Yes, I said it.

This is the 12th time the Sixers have lost by double digits since the All Star break. They have only played 16 games in that time. Impressive.

Chris Chelios!

This is stupid. Stupid rumor, and this is turning into a stupid thread.

Another good example: Alfonso Soriano And Danny Briere (sigh)

Then it must be just coincidence, but there are many many cases of guys having incredible seasons in their "contract years", then turning to [expletive] as soon as they sign their big deal. And I wouldn't generalize all athletes by saying they all "have pride and are going to try". It definitely varies by case.

Aaron Rowand.

Ugh...Placido Polanco hurt his knee today. Also, Roy Halladay continues to own (although he did give up his first ER of the spring today ). In the "B" game today, Jamie Moyer got shelled (it was the first time he's actually faced a lineup featuring mostly MLB players, despite it being a B game). As I mentioned yesterday Kyle Kendrick continues his great spring, so the 5th starters race is getting very interesting.

Also...whoever said that Pujols would benefit by playing in Citizens Bank Park, I disagree. He'd probably hit 3-4 more homeruns per season, maybe a handful more RBIs due to hitting in a slightly better lineup, but he would lose so many singles and doubles due to the tiny outfield and relatively small gaps. But it's a moot point since this is the most ridiculous trade "rumor" I have heard in a longggg time.

This is total BS if everybody hasn't figured it out by now. Buster Olney was just having a slow day.

At least Jason Kapono is having a nice game......about time.

I hate Sean Avery, but his bull[expletive] paid off pretty big for the Rangers today.

Kyle Kendrick continued his great spring with 4 more innings of 2-hit shutout ball today.

Riley Cote and Arron Asham are both in the lineup for this afternoon's game with the Rangers. Should get interesting.

Alex Ovechkin with a nasty hit from behind on Brian Campbell. Game misconduct.

Best win of the season. Arguably best regular season win of the past few seasons, at least that I can remember. What a game.

Results in spring training mean absolutely nothing.

There is a Lebron in the Orioles system as well.

The Mets are definitely overpaying Bay, but it was a move they had to make. That was probably the only way they could have gotten him to become a Met, and they absolutely had to sign him to at least save face a little bit this offseason.