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Pujols is a good man. Some players would probably have an "eh, that's baseball" reaction but he was seemingly devastated by those two injuries.

I think that most players would have a similar reaction, but Pujols probably took it worse than most because the career ending injury to Juan Encarnacion last August was still fresh in his mind.

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Thanks to Extra Innings, I enjoyed getting the Dodgers broadcast of the Cardinals-Dodgers game last night, with Vin Scully. Vin is one of the few broadcasters whom I think genuinely belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Vin talked a little about Pujols putting the Padres starting battery on the DL. He's the first broadcaster or sports writer that I've known to point out that Albert's reaction was probably influenced quite a bit by the injury to Encarnacion last August.

Pujols is now 0-6 since the incident, but he did draw a couple of walks in last night's game. Ryan Ludwick has now taken over the team lead in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in, as well as SLG and OPS. Pujols continues to lead the team in OBP, but he's dropped behind Chipper for the MLB lead. Ludwick is 2nd only to Berkman in OPS and is 4th in the MLB in BA and home runs -- 5th in the NL in RBIs. He added a home run and 2 singles last night to raise his average to .348. I think that a lot of fans who dismissed Ludwick as a "quad A" player last year because of his age will eventually have to reassess their opinion.

Having watched Jose Velarde on Sports Center last night, I almost have to call Chris Young a wimp! Velarde took a line drive off the cheek bone last night which left him dazed, but he got shakily back up to his feet, cleared his head, and proceeded to finish the game and collect his NL leading 15th save for the Astros.

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