Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara, better known as Albert Pujols, is a Dominican American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the St. Louis Cardinals, where he received three National LeagueMVP awardsand was a nine-time MLB All-Star. He was also an All-Star with the Angels in 2015...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth16 January 1980
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
CountryDominica
I would say it's the best base hit I've ever had in my career,
I don't try to compare myself with anybody. I don't get caught up in that because then you might take things for granted. I just try to be the best, go give it my best shot, and that's all the manager asks from me every day.
You have to find a way to win. You can't win with the long ball. You have to find a way to win, to do something, to create something, to hit and run, get a bunt, steal a base. That's what we did all year long and we carried on in the playoffs.
winning and getting back to the World Series and getting a ring.
Who cares about my home run? I knew you were going to come to that. That's not what you play for. Home runs never mean more than a win. It would have been great if I would have hit it and we would have won. It was just another home run for me. It wasn't enough to help my team win.
Those guys had great years, either of them could have won the award. You couldn't go wrong with any of those guys.
We don't talk about that, ... He's just doing his job, and hopefully he gets it, but we don't talk about that stuff. We let you guys talk about that. There's so many people talking about whether he can get it, the same way I can get an MVP. We don't care about that. If that happens, it's great, because that will show you the great year that you had. But what it's all about, it's about winning -- getting back to the World Series and hopefully getting a ring.
I figure if he's going to use me, he's going to use me when he needs me. And that's what he did. In a key situation, for a game-winning RBI or to tie the game, or something like that. that's it. I just wanted to make sure I was ready.
If I hurt myself, it's part of the game. I get paid to play. I don't get paid to sit out.