It isn't often where the phrase "One man does not make a team" is ever wrong, but in some cases, it is. One player ultimately comes to many people's minds when they talk about this sort of thing. And it has been said for the past few years.
Albert Pujols:
This is really a no-brainer isn't it? When you look at the starting line-up of the St. Louis Cardinals does anyone else actually strike fear in you? The answer is no. This season Pujols leads the Cards in 10 (yes, 10) offensive categories. Can you say dominant? Not only does he lead his team in the obvious categories like Home Runs and RBI (sorry Ryan Ludwick), he leads the Cards with 9 SB. No that is not a typo. 9 SB leads the Cards and its the guy in the middle of the order swiping bases. If he stays on his current pace, he will hit 61 HR and drive in 159 runs, while scoring 131 runs. If Pujols were to go down with an injury for an extended period of time, the Cardinals would be flat out screwed, because no one in that order can pick up that kind of slack.
The scary thing is that Pujols is only 29 years old, so he is really just hitting his prime production years. Considering the fact that he has hit at least 32 home runs and driven in at least 103 runs every season of his career, we could all be witnessing one of the best players of all-time. I actually heard a person say that Pujols is already the best player in the history of the Cardinals. I, for one, do not agree with that assessment considering Stan Musial and Rogers Hornsby, to name a few that I feel are still better all-time players than Pujols, but he is on his way to eclipsing them in my eyes.
So we, as baseball fans, should sit back and enjoy watching Pujols' career, because players of his caliber are so rare to come by. It is not out of the realm of possibility that we could see a Triple Crown winner this season in Pujols. He is that good. Or as ESPN calls him: The Machine.
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