June 22, 2006
Pujols Making Progress
It looks like Albert Pujols is almost healed:
Albert Pujols should be ready to come off the disabled list and play by Monday when the St. Louis Cardinals open a three-game series at home against the Cleveland Indians, manager Tony La Russa said Wednesday.
"Sooner than that? Maybe," La Russa said.
That's certainly good news for the Cardinals. Not that he would have helped in this series against the White Sox, but Cardinals opponents failed to gain much ground during his absence, and the team will only get better with their big bopper back bashing.
Posted by David Pinto at
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I think last night would have gone very differently if Pujols had been at first (or even spezio); there were at least 2 balls hit past Duncan at first base that would have been easy outs if a competent infielder had been out there. One of those came with 2 outs, drove in 2 runs and led to a 3rd and 4th run when the next batter homered.
Add to that the fact that duncan was 0-4 with 3 strikeouts, leaving 4 on base, and the momentum shift that comes from getting out of an inning as opposed to getting steamrolled by balls hit weakly into infield gaps, and you have a totally different ball game.
(I'm not trying to blame duncan for the loss; that really lies on marquis. But Pujols fielding skills at first base are overlooked and underappreciated imho).
