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NEW YORK.- St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols won his third National League Most Valuable Player award on Tuesday, becoming the first player since 2004 to capture the honor in consecutive years.

Pujols, from the Dominican Republic, led Major League Baseball this year with 47 home runs and 124 runs scored and led the National League with a .443 on-base percentage to earn the MVP award in a unanimous vote.

Not since Barry Bonds won the National League MVP award from 2001 through 2004 has a player won the award in back-to-back seasons. Only Bonds, with seven NL MVP awards, has collected more than Pujols for his career.

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8 comment(s)
Written by: Blutarsky, 25 Nov 2009 8:21 AM
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
No surprise here Alberto is simply the best player in all of baseball ......Congrats to a real Caballero and an excellent example of a decent human being ........a Mensch first class
Written by: xwill7, 25 Nov 2009 10:42 AM
From: United States, Chicago
pujols and hanley top 2 in the NL... good for DR
Written by: msjersey, 25 Nov 2009 11:30 AM
From: United States, New Jersey(Cibaeno/Los mina)
It should've been 4, but they gave one to Howard that was totally wrong
back in 2006.
Written by: vacanos, 25 Nov 2009 4:14 PM
From: United States
He really represent our country very proud. He is the total ingrate and opposite of the Arod or manny.
Written by: Edward, 26 Nov 2009 4:04 AM
From: United States, Faux News: Unfair Imbalance
He's my favorite player. I'm wearing his t-shirt right now!
Written by: Atabey, 30 Nov 2009 3:59 PM
From: United States
Guys don't heap too much against our own. Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez may not stroke your wants and needs, but they are already among the elites of Baseball history.
Written by: Blutarsky, 30 Nov 2009 4:22 PM
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
elites of drug baseball history you will be lucky if you are alive when they get in the hall of fame
Written by: Atabey, 30 Nov 2009 7:18 PM
From: United States
No Blutarsky. Check out Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Even the great Henry Aaron was known to pop a pill then and now, to overcome some momentary slump. Zev Chafets avoids the knee jerk reaction to the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs that all such players should be banned from the Hall and examines the use of amphetamines, pain killers and other drugs in the past which didn't bar the entry of current members of the Hall. This book makes a great case in support of fans who think the Hall should be an institution celebrating sports achievement, not a whitewashed monument to artificial standards of behavior. It's important to acknowledge that doping of one kind or another has always been an issue. Why should the past suffer from taking away a revisionist soft-focus and seeing it as it was? In many ways it's richer for its complexity, and trying to sanitize it is a worse kind of cheat.


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