Were they the best......

HOF Auto Rookies · #28 05-24-2013, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bn2cardz

I only showed their first 12 years (since Pujols has only played 12 thus far) so the fact that Bond's last three were low doesn't matter.

Also to say that no one saw the career coming is wrong, being in the Stadium the day he debut I know that people were expecting things from him because my dad even told me to watch this guy because he was going to be good as he walked up to the plate. He was drafted late because there was uncertainty about his age, not because he wasn't good.

To say that he may not go anywhere from now on doesn't negate the first 10 years of his career. He is the only player in major league history to bat at least .300 with 30 or more home runs and 100 or more runs batted in in his first 10 seasons.

I believe Pujols was going to be a first or second round (or early around that number) pick by the Rays that year. The scout who got Pujols pretty much made the Cards draft him, RAVED about him in Juco and predicted he'd be a superstar, other scouts viewed him as a guy with moderate power, fat, and a bad fielding first baseman.

View Poll Results: Were these guys the best of their time or not
Barry Bonds was one of the best of his time	73	65.18%
Barry bonds was NOT one of the best of his time	20	17.86%
Roger Clemens was one of the best of his time	80	71.43%
Roger Clemens was NOT one of the best of his time	14	12.50%
Gary sheffield was one of the best of his time	16	14.29%
Gary sheffield was NOT one of the best of his time	71	63.39%
derek jeter was one of the best of his time	79	70.54%
derek jeter was NOT one of the best of his time	19	16.96%
cal ripken jr was one of the best of his time	74	66.07%
cal ripken jr was NOT one of the best of his time	26	23.21%
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