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Originally Posted by packs
In my opinion he was a clean Manny Ramirez with a shorter career. If Manny is one of the greatest right handed hitters of all time without the juice, Albert sure is too. Three RBI titles in four seasons, homer title, total bases two years in a row, all while not cheating at the height of the steroid era while finishing top 10 in MVP five times in a 12 year career. That's a pretty good peak. And he wasn't even done when he had to retire.
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No doubt Albert was a talent, but IMHO a lot of the wild behavior that he exhibited as a player I thought might have been indicative of 'Roid Rage.
Albert's career ended before all of the PED testing, so I suppose we will never know...
Albert "Don't Call Me Joey" Belle was certainly a dude with some serious anger issues. Trying to run over Trick or Treater's with his car, throwing balls at fans, stalking ex-girlfriends using GPS spyware. Wow!
I attempted to get his autograph once and he told me to "f*** off". Nice guy, he wasn't.
