After a decade starring for the St. Louis Cardinals, Albert
Pujols is already compared with names in the highest reaches of
baseball's pantheon: Ruth, Gehrig, Aaron, Mays. Slugging his way
toward the Hall of Fame, Pujols has raised the game's standard for
greatness beyond any statistical measure. But the standard by which
Pujols measures himself has less to do with baseball performance
than with honoring God and exemplifying his faith for the millions
who follow him.
From his birthplace in the Dominican Republic to his high-school
days in Kansas City, from a single season in the minor leagues to
the World Series and nine All-Star Games, Pujols has developed his
immense talents on the baseball diamond, all the while focusing his
direction--and the direction of his family--with the belief that a
higher power is behind every achievement.
Authors Scott Lamb and Tim Ellsworth spare no tale of this
growing baseball legend, all the while accentuating "the unseen
hand of divine providence" that has shaped the man Albert Pujols
has become. It's a story that will inspire, and a reminder of the
human quality behind superhuman achievement.
A story--still in the making--of allowing God's strength to
guide one man's path to be the best his game has ever seen.
His numbers are staggering.
In 2010 Albert Pujols became the first player in baseball
history to bat .300 with 30 home runs and 100 runs batted in for
ten consecutive seasons. Babe Ruth didn't do it. Ted Williams
didn't do it. Hank Aaron didn't do it. The fact that this was
accomplished in Pujols' first ten seasons only makes the
achievement more, well, Ruthian.
Albert Pujols' story goes beyond numbers, though. Beyond the
bright lights and packed stadiums of Major League Baseball. Even
beyond the adulation of millions who have come to see the St. Louis
Cardinal star as the rare "once-in-a-lifetime-player" who
transcends team loyalties.
Through the 2010 season, Pujols hit 408 home runs. And every
time he touched home plate after sending another baseball to a
random bookshelf or trophy case, Pujols pointed heavenward. Toward
the strength behind his otherworldly talents, toward the
inspiration that lifts him on a daily basis, regardless of his
team's place in the standings. For Jesus Christ is Albert Pujols'
first love. Faith, family, then maybe baseball.
Endorsements:
"He matches in his personal life the excellence that he
demonstrates on the diamond. You will love this book and will love
Pujols if you don't already." --Mike Huckabee, 44th Governor of
Arkansas, Former Republican presidential candidate, Host of Fox
News ' Huckabee Show, Best-selling author
But Pujols' argument for greatest player ever isn't nearly as
interesting or significant as the fact that there even is an
argument. That's because perhaps the most amazing thing about
Albert Pujols is that less than two years before he began one of
the greatest rookie seasons in baseball history, he was a
non-prospect." -Joe Posnanski, Senior Writer at "Sports
Illustrated" (included in the Foreword)
""Pujols "is full of nuggets. Given that the action in the
famous poem "Casey at the Bat" starts with "Cooney died at first,
and Barrows did the same," I enjoyed reading that Albert Pujols
asks opposing runners at first base, "If you died today, where do
you think you're going to go?" Lamb and Ellsworth lucidly describe
both the season-by-season baseball exploits of Pujols and the
impact he's having on some lives for eternity." -Marvin Olasky,
Editor-in-chief, "World"
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