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The Perfect Player

By Tim Kurkjian
ESPN The Magazine

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has called Albert Pujols "the perfect player,'' which covers it all, says it all. Such an acclamation has been reserved for maybe a handful of players in baseball history, including Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, for it goes beyond the five-tool player, it goes beyond the complete player, it describes a player with no weaknesses. That is Albert Pujols. So, we spoke to four former players, three of them Hall of Famers, about the brilliance of Pujols as a hitter -- ...

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