It was early 2008, and we kept hearing how Albert Pujols had a bad elbow. He was said to be shut down early if the Cardinals fell out of contention. People in their fantasy drafts were told to be hesitant of picking Albert in his usual elite status. Also, their was talk in the 2007 post season how Albert simply was not his usual season self. Albert Pujols took home the hardware yesterday achieving his second National League MVP award while being reportedly hurt in 2008. Let alone his bat, Albert brings a nice glove to the mix as well. He has achieved legendary status by doing all this while at full strength. For all those risk takers out there took a flyer on Pujols in 2008, it was something that came up smelling like roses.
For a look back at what the voting by bloggers for the NL MVP early on looked like in 4 voting periods:
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