Pujols and his wife are active Christians; his foundation's website states, "In the Pujols family, God is first. Everything else is a distant second."[53] In the 13th round of the 1999 MLB draft, the St. Louis Cardinals drafted Albert Pujols. However, he opted to play in the Kansas Jayhawk League in...

Now that A-Rod's been outed as a 2003 steroid user, many are wondering when the other 103 names on that not-so-mysterious list will be revealed. Would any player's name surprise you? Now, this is only a hypothetical list — none of these players have been accused or are even rumored to be on th...

Albert Pujols wants the Cardinals to go after Manny Ramirez. You understand that there will be hell to pay if this fails to happen. [3:10 To Joba]...

I had a brilliant idea the other day, which happens quite a bit. But unlike most of my mad scientist theories brilliant ideas, this one actually sounded good after I thought about it for a while; so I set it into motion. With the popularity of mock drafts growing and growing, I wanted to put one tog...

Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch took a minute to analyze the impact of the Mark Teixeira signing on the contract situation of another hard-hitting first baseman, Albert Pujols. Pujols signed a seven-year, $100MM deal back in 2003.  At this point, as Goold states, "he's been a ...

I for one can't wait for the deluge of Ryan Howard-for-MVP columns from older dudes wearing RBI Glassesâ„¢. RBI Glassesâ„¢: Available at ShittyLensCrafters all across the country. Hey, here's the first one, from Bob Klapisch. Me: Bob Klapisch, you're writing a column about your awards picks. What ar...

John Maine pitched poorly, the Mets played terrible defense, and the bats could not come through as New York lost a very discouraging 7-1 game to the NL Wild Card leading St. Louis Cardinals. It was very clear watching this game as to why the Cardinals seem headed to a shocking playoff appearance...

The Mets begin the second half of the season in St Louis, starting a huge week that could determine how the rest of the year turns out for them. They sit at 40-41, 3 games behind the first place Phillies, and 2 games behind the Marlins. Tonight starts a 7 game road trip that includes 4 games at Busc...

"I’m playing. … And you can write that," in the words of the great Albert Pujols . After missing time with a moderately strained left calf, he appears to be full-go for Thursday’s showdown with Detroit, and he might even play first base if he has it his way. Let’s h...

The Cardinals have lost first baseman Albert Pujols and staff ace Adam Wainwright to the 15-day disabled list. Pujols injured his calf running out a ground ball Tuesday night and Wainwright sprained the middle finger on his pitching hand. The team expects both to miss at least three weeks. Pujols ha...