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06.30.2009 9:06 pm

Albert Pujols sets new highs for homers and RBIs

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols, the reigning MVP who has been known to recall 2006 fondly as the best season of his career, may be in the process of finishing the best month of his career.

The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman has two home runs tonight, setting or matching career highs for RBIs and home runs in a month. His 34 RBIs so far this month break his previous career best of 33 in May 2006. His 14 home runs this month match his total for April of 2006. His first home run of the evening, a solo shot on an 0-2 pitch off lefty Randy Johnson, traveled an estimated 445 feet — but it appeared to have the distance needed to leave Busch Stadium, had it not been for the stairway column that caps the seats in left field.

Pujols’ two homers tonight is his the 30th time in his career that he has had a multi-homer game, and the seventh time this season. He is believed to be the 32nd player in baseball history to reach 30 homers by the break.

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We just need to make the playoffs… please!!! With a reduced rotation all it takes is a little hitting streak!

— rb
1:05 am July 1st, 2009

What alberts doing is incredible but wasted because were losing anyway.Larussa has the rest of the team so messed up they cant perform.Other than molina tony has jerked the rest of the team around so much that mentally their just not right.You hit 37 hrs w/ 120 rbis you sit the bench.You work your but off to learn a new position and you get switched to the outfield or sit the bench.You get 3 hits you sit the next game. You play good defense you switch positions next game.I get dizzy just watchin ,i can imagine how the players feel.To me theres only one option if were gonna win,do what the rockies did,fire the manager1

— eric heflin
1:34 am July 1st, 2009

God, what an idiot…fire LaRussa???? Are you kidding? I can’t take the spoiled fans of today. We have the best baseball town in America, the best player and best manager and people act like the Cardinals should win every year. LaRussa is not the problem…if Ludwick starts hitting and Glaus comes back, we are a pitcher short from winning this division.

— tom
5:35 am July 1st, 2009

Seriously, fire the manager!?!?!?!?! You’ve got to be kidding me.

When do we hold these major league players accountable for what they are supposed to be doing and how they are performing. Every player goes through slumps, even Pujols, but at sometime our “big bats” need to come through. What are we paying these guys millions of dollars for. These men have produced in the past and they need to start coming through for LaRussa and this team no matter where there are batted in the order or placed in the field. Continue to work and stay focused and hopefully the rsults will follow.

— Bigmatth67
7:03 am July 1st, 2009

Sure could use Rolen and Kennedy these days.

— pgrose
7:31 am July 1st, 2009

This club can win the division, they just need to get over the dumps they are in right now. What I would like to see is Tony get kicked out of a game, scream at the ump, and make a big sceen. Maybe even Albert. They need a boost somehow.

— jcbryant
8:07 am July 1st, 2009

Albert will a New York Yankee in a year or so — no way the Cardinals will have enough money to keep him. Especially so if LaRussa leaves. Of course, MLB needs a salary cap, but that won’t be done in time.

— Robert
9:03 am July 1st, 2009

Tom; your the freaking idiot,you obviously havent played competitve sports and dont know squat about being mentally right and in your comfort zone while performing.Baseball is hard enough without the manager making it harder.It has nothing to do with being spoiled,and win every year we havent done crap for 2 1/2 years now. This team has the talent and the pitching to win this div but the manager wont let the players relax and play their game.No other manager in baseball pulls the stupid crap larussa does and you dont know enough about the game to even realize this.Ludwick cant get on a roll because every time he starts to he gets put back on the bench , it frustrates the players and makes it much harder to perform.Who is the only player larussa doesnt mess with?Pujols and he’s the only one playing up to his potential.I know you dont see the mistakes tony makes on a daily basis because you dont have the knowledge to understand.But before you start your name calling look in the mirror because it is you that is the idiot.

— eric heflin
9:08 am July 1st, 2009

Havent heard much about playing a hard 9 lately.Larussa has lost this team,they have totally laid down because they realize what a idiot is steering the ship!

— eric heflin
9:24 am July 1st, 2009

Eric you are deffinetly right on the player switching around each player should play their position and stay in for 9 innings.This is the only way this team is going to start winning.I like LaRussa but some of the stupid crap he is doing is costing us wins.This team hands down is alot better than the scrubs and the brew crew this is ridicolous.Trade for Holliday and a good starting pitcher and we go all the way.Of coUrse that stupid idiot Mo dont want to mess with the team of the future.But what an idiot the future is NOW.LETS GO CARDS.

— mike
10:03 am July 1st, 2009

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