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11-18-2008, 03:00 PM
Albert Pujols has been awarded his second National League Most Valuable Player. The slugger continues to rack up the post-season hardware and add more adjectives to his certain Hall of Fame career. Pujols's achievement is amazing in itself, but even more amazing considering that his career had been in jeopardy before this season. Pujols has been suffering from elbow pain. Fox Sports explains that Pujols had surgery for nerve irritation in his right elbow, an ailment that caused numbness, tingling in his ring finger and pinkie, a weak grip and pain inside his forearm. Pujols however expects to eventually have Tommy Johns reconstructive surgery. Regardless, Pujols numbers were unreal. He hit .357 with 37 homeruns and 116 RBIs. Pujols got 18 of the 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and had 369 points. The All-Star first baseman became the 25th multiple MVP winner in either league. Pujols has been consistent. He is the only big leaguer to hit at least 30 homeruns in his first eight seasons in the majors, and has finished in the top 10 of the NL MVP voting each year. He also led the league in slugging percentage and intentional walks. He had 104 and a .462 on base percentage, second in the NL.
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