Pujols aces tests given to Babe Ruth

AP via Yahoo! ^ | 8-22-06 | Anon

[Pharmboy]

Verrrrry interesting. My opinion: they were (are) both geniuses.

[fso301]

White realized she'd never seen anyone scan the page the way Pujols did. Most people scan a page left to right, the way they do when they read. Pujols visually divided the page into sectors and searched each one briefly for the letters before moving on to the next sector.

I think that's similar to the Evelyn Woods speed reading technique

[Mariner]

I haven't followed baseball for 2 years.

Is Pujols the new phenom? How many has he hit out over the last 2-3 years?

[Mr_Moonlight]

Yeah, but did they give Pujols the beer and hot dog test?

[Lawgvr1955]

All I know is I am glad he plays for my El Birdos.

[Lawgvr1955]

He has 2 homers tonight including a grand slam.

[Pharmboy]

And he just hit his second HR, a grand salami.

[Pharmboy]

...but could Evelyn hit the curve ball?

[Mariner]

Nevermind.

Just looked the guy up and he's clearly the best offensive player in baseball today.

He'll be with the Yankees within a year or two. Will probably get $20mil/yr.

[cripplecreek]

I don't put much stock in home run hitting as being what makes a great player.

[Lawgvr1955]

Years ago, Fernando Tatis played for the Cardinals. He hit a grand slam to begin the inning. When he came up for the 2d time in the inning with the bases loaded, I walked out of the room and missed the first time in baseball history of a batter hitting 2 grand slams in the same inning.

[Lawgvr1955]

Pujols is the whole package. Power for homers is just one facet.

[Pharmboy]

Yeah...Ty Cobb, the second greatest player in history, didn't hit too many HRs. BUT, HRs don't hurt.

[cripplecreek]

I'm watching the Tiger game tonight and they were saying that Al Kaline hit something like 236 home runs at Tiger stadium alone.

[Pharmboy]

Even though I grew up in NYC, I always loved Al Kaline...

[Pharmboy]

Delgado matched Alberto just now. We have a beisbol game, aqui...

[Mariner]

Not just home runs. He won the NL batting title in 2003 with a .356...he hits doubles...he runs the bases...his slugging pct is above .600 each of his 5 years in the game.

The guy batted over .325 with 37 HR and 137RBI in his rookie year...and he consistently matches or exceeds that every year since.

This guy is the real deal.

[Pharmboy]

Agreed. He is amazing.

[VOA]

Could be that the tests were done to stop the mumblings about Pujols
MAYBE not playing "clean".

I've no dog in this fight...I just listen to ESPN radio and there
were some rumors (NO EVIDENCE) mentioned by some guests.

Looks like Pujols might just one of those guys who won the genetic lottery.

While probably apocryphal in part or whole, I know I once heard somebody
say that the boxer Joe Louis could read the labels of phonograph records
while they were playing.
And that was in the era of 78 rpms...

[cripplecreek]

I have no doubt that the guy is as good as they come. He wouldn't be where he is if he wasn't. I guess I just look at things on the whole team level.

I didn't like Pudge Rodriguez when he first came to Detroit because he behaved like a prima donna his first two seasons. Now he's settled in and helped to create a much better team.