Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Cardinals' Albert Pujols On The Bench?

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols has recently been "warming the bench," as some would say due to a possibly severe elbow injury that occurred August 25, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He primarily injured his elbow by diving for a foul ball in the game against Pittsburgh, but further aggregated his elbow the following days in Washington.

Albert Pujols is known to be a 'tough guy", says fellow teammates and manager Tony La Russa, and is known for having a lot of tolerance for pain. Shortly after the occurrance of the injury, Pujols was qustioned whether he would take a break or continue platying, and he answered he would "play through the pain."

From my personal viewpoint, Albert Pujols is one of the most talented Major League Baseball players in the league, and it does not surprise me that he basically worsened the injury by his decision to continue playing in spite of the pain.

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2 comments:

  1. VaneSeptember 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    I agree with you, he actually worsened it, BUT by taking that decision you could see how passionate he is about his game, and how much he loves what he does, and that is very important.

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  2. ElizabethSeptember 16, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    While I had admire Albert Pujols for wanting to play through the pain, but I agree that he did worsen his injury by continuing to play. He could have ruined himself to the point where he can't play for a long, when he could have just sat out for a couple of games while he let his primary injury heal.

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