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Follow-up: Will Carroll on Albert Pujols

Here is an excerpt from Carroll's UTK today over at www.baseballprospectus.com.

I was in the St. Louis clubhouse on Saturday, standing with Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com, when I noticed Pujols sitting about five feet away. He was watching video of his previous night's at-bats, which were pretty successful. The first thing you notice with Pujols, even when you've seen him before, is that he's huge, bigger than you'd expect. Sitting next to Troy Glaus, no small guy himself, it's remarkable. The next thing I noticed was his right elbow. There was a small triangular scar at the back. I was a bit surprised to see it, because it's well-known that Pujols had ulnar transposition surgery, not Tommy John surgery; it's TJS that creates the distinct triangular scar.

I still think that someday we will hear that Pujols was doing some sort of PED....but that's just me. He is baseball's golden child at the moment. I could be wrong, and it won't be the first time.

www.baseballprospectus.com

over 2 years ago Img00006-20101226-1702_tiny Ray Guilfoyle 7 comments 0 recs  | 

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Pshaw

If he did, then he has to still be doing it, given his performance hasn’t slowed down. And he has to have been doing it for over a decade now. Wouldn’t you think his body would have had to have broken down by now? That we’d have seen the secondary side effects (acne, rages, knees giving out, etc.)?

by nuke187 on Sep 8, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions  

not sure

I was curious myself about the acne…and assume Carroll would have commented on it if he had seen it. I may email him and ask.
Alos curious how he recovered so quick from TJ if he actually had TJS.

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Sep 8, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions  

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Remmebr Tony Womack a couple years ago? He had off-season TJS and was starting on Opening Day for the Cards. How many fewers throws does Albert make as a 1B?

by faketeams on Sep 9, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

true

forgot about Womack. I am still curious about how he is soooo much better than every other hitter in the majors.

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Sep 9, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

How is he so much better?

http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/7535.html — Pujols seems to approach the game and see the ball differently from even other great players. The article’s an interesting read.

by Xavier. on Sep 10, 2009 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

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