Download or read book Meet Albert Pujols written by Ethan Edwards and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His powerful hitting has made Albert Pujols one of baseball's biggest stars. This book traces Pujols's life from his earliest days in the Dominican Republic through the present day.

Download or read book Meet Albert Pujols written by Ethan Edwards and published by Powerkids Press. This book was released on 2008-08-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the life, career, and accomplishments of baseball player Albert Pujols.

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Matt Christopher and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-12-19 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has ever had the privilege of watching Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals knows the sound of a hit. It's the sound his bat makes when it connects with the ball. It's a sound that's been heard countless times since his 2001 rookie season. That year, he took the league by storm by posting some of the most fantastic offensive stats of any rookie ever-and he's been doing the same ever since, shattering records and helping his team win games, including the 2006 World Series, with clutch hits and amazing home runs. This biography offers an up-close look at this superstar's life and the most memorable moments of his outstanding career to date.

Download or read book The Incredible Albert Pujols 60 Minutes Bio A Hyperink Quicklet written by Anita T. and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-02-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK Albert Pujols is the type of ballplayer who quietly goes about his business, which in his case means putting up offensive numbers unparalleled in baseball history. Thus far in his career, he has been a better hitter than baseball giants Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Babe Ruth. Pujols is a franchise player, the kind who carries teams to world championships. No doubt this is why the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed the burly first baseman to a historic mega-deal for more than $250 million over 10 years. ESPN baseball analyst Jayson Stark summed up the deal on ESPN.com: “On an unforgettable Thursday morning at baseball's 2011 winter meetings, [the Angels] stunned their sport and changed their world, all in one dramatic swoop.” Perhaps the most incredible thing about Pujols is the kind of person he is outside the stadium. In a 60 Minutes interview that aired in April 2011, Bob Simon revealed another side of the fierce competitor who burns to be the best of the best. Viewers got to know a young man who sees beyond the disabilities of people with Down syndrome. A man of faith who follows his beliefs rather than peer pressure. A sports superstar who has not forgotten where he came from, the slums of a third world country. Finally, the interview hinted at why Pujols, who spent the first 10 years of his career playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, decided to his future awaited in the far west. MEET THE AUTHOR Anita is el presidente y peón of Sabaku, Inc., a marketing services company that provides writing, editing, research, analysis and consulting for a diverse assortment of clientèle. The loves of her life are split into two seasons: during the fall/winter she pursues a degree in Japanese language, and spends spring/summer joyfully immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of minor league baseball. A retired speed-freak and super-jock, her current life is moderately active. She grew up in the Bay Area of California, and her almae matres include San Leandro High and U.C. Davis. In fact, she remembers what San Jose looked like before Silicon Valley. Now happily settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, she shares her home with a pair of mixed-mutt bundles of canine goodness named Molly and Linus. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK In the 60 Minutes segment on Albert Pujols, Bob Simon opens with an unbelievable claim: “We’re going to tell you about one of the best baseball players who ever lived.” The viewer soon comes to learn that the stats bear him out. In the ten years following his major league debut in 2001, Pujols has hit higher than .300 AVE, more than 30 HR, and more than 100 RBI. Pujols began chasing his dream of playing major league baseball at age 18. He still has a scrapbook filled with high school highlights. In 1999, he was one of many eagerly awaiting the First-Year Player Draft, when professional baseball clubs choose the best young baseball talent in the country. His expectations were high, and he was confident of being drafted in the early rounds. But he was passed over, round-after-round, until he was finally selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in round #13. They paid him a small signing bonus and sent him to their minor league team in Peoria, IL. Pujols was so disappointed, he felt like quitting baseball. Deidre remembers how tough things were at the beginning: “There were times we'd have these conversations, I’d think, I need to file for bankruptcy. I don't know how I'll ever get this paid off.” Fortunately, Deidre didn’t file for bankruptcy and Albert didn’t quit baseball. By the end of the season, he’d climbed his way to the top of the minor league ladder. He made his major league debut in 2001, and in the fourth game of his career hit his first home run. Nowadays, teammate Lance Berkman offers free advice to pitchers facing Pujols when there are runners on base: it would be better to risk walking in one run than risk giving up four from a grand slam. Pujols is that good. There is little doubt he belongs in the “pantheon of the greatest,” says writer Peter Gammons, who’s covered baseball for longer than Pujols has been alive, 40 years. Buy a copy to keep reading!

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Joanne Mattern and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know Albert Pujols grew up playing baseball in the Dominican Republic? Discover how an amazing high school and college baseball player went on to become a World Series champion!

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Joe Gaspar and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amazing Albert Pujols is a repeat MVP winner. Young readers will learn how this hard-working Cardinals first baseman has become one of the game’s most impressive players.

Download or read book The Extra 2 written by Jonah Keri and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team’s Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. When former Goldman Sachs colleagues Stuart Sternberg and Matthew Silverman assumed control of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005, it looked as if they were buying the baseball equivalent of a penny stock. But the incoming regime came armed with a master plan: to leverage their skill at trading, valuation, and management to build a model twenty-first-century franchise that could compete with their bigger, stronger, richer rivals—and prevail. Together with “boy genius” general manager Andrew Friedman, the new Rays owners jettisoned the old ways of doing things, substituting their own innovative ideas about employee development, marketing and public relations, and personnel management. They exorcized the “devil” from the team’s nickname, developed metrics that let them take advantage of undervalued aspects of the game, like defense, and hired a forward-thinking field manager as dedicated to unconventional strategy as they were. By quantifying the game’s intangibles—that extra 2% that separates a winning organization from a losing one—they were able to deliver to Tampa Bay something that Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” had never brought to Oakland: an American League pennant. A book about what happens when you apply your business skills to your life’s passion, The Extra 2% is an informative and entertaining case study for any organization that wants to go from worst to first.

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Jeff C. Young and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols has been called "The Machine," as in the hitting machine. In his first 12 seasons, Pujols hit over 30 homers each year and over 100 RBIs in 11 of the 12, but he's just as productive off the field, having started the Pujols' Family Foundation. The foundation provides money and support to children with Down syndrome, as well as needy children in his native Dominican Republic.

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Jeff Savage and published by . This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wherever I Wind Up written by R.A. Dickey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift for baseball fans, now with a new epilogue by author R.A. Dickey, winner of the 2012 Cy Young award. "An astounding memoir—haunting and touching, courageous and wise."—Jeremy Schaap, bestselling author, Emmy award-winning journalist, ESPN In 1996, R.A. Dickey was the Texas Rangers’ much-heralded No. 1 draft choice. Then, a routine physical revealed that his right elbow was missing its ulnar collateral ligament, and his lifelong dream—along with his $810,000 signing bonus—was ripped away. Yet, despite twice being consigned to baseball’s scrap heap, Dickey battled back. Sustained by his Christian faith, the love of his wife and children, and a relentless quest for self-awareness, Dickey is now the starting pitcher for the Toronoto Blue Jays (he was previously a star pitcher for the New York Mets) and one of the National League’s premier players, as well as the winner of the 2012 Cy Young award. In Wherever I Wind Up, Dickey eloquently shares his quintessentially American tale of overcoming extraordinary odds to achieve a game, a career, and a life unlike any other.

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Tania Rodriguez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past ten years, Albert Pujols has become one of the brightest stars in the baseball world. He's broken records and won awards--and all the while he achieved his dreams, he held on tight to his faith and his family. He became the player he is today by working hard and always doing his best. Get a glimpse of Albert's life, from his childhood in the Dominican Republic all the way through his amazing career in Major League Baseball. Find out what it takes to be a superstar!

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Tom Needham and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the life of the Dominican-born star hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals also discusses his personal life and his work for people with Down's syndrome.

Download or read book The Baseball Codes written by Jason Turbow and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.

Download or read book How Fantasy Sports Explains the World written by AJ Mass and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of fantasy sports is no longer the purview of nerds and stat geeks. In fact, versions of the game are currently played by tens of millions of people worldwide. But while fantasy sports may have begun as a light-hearted diversion, to many of its participants winning or losing is no laughing matter. The book takes readers on a journey from the casinos of Atlantic City to charred Connecticut campgrounds, from the Last Supper to the Constitutional Convention that started our country down the road to democracy, from the back rooms of Wall Street to the jury rooms of our judicial system. In doing so, Mass demonstrates that winning fantasy advice can come from anyone and be found almost anywhere—the wit and wisdom of William Shakespeare, the scientific genius of Stephen Hawking, or the futuristic whimsy of a galaxy far, far away. Ultimately, How Fantasy Sports Explains the World is not a book about how to win your fantasy sports league. Instead, it is a collection of conversation starters and hypothetical scenarios that get right to the core of what makes fantasy games so compelling in the high-speed information age: how to process and make use of the bottomless pile of data presented to us on a daily basis.

Download or read book The Cardinals Way written by Howard Megdal and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history and tradition of the St. Louis Cardinals, from the era when they were managed by Branch Rickey in the years following World War I to the present day.

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Dennis Abrams and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as one of the best baseball players of our time, slugger Albert Pujols started playing the game on the streets of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

Download or read book Albert Pujols written by Aaron Frisch and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An elementary introduction to the life, work, and popularity of Albert Pujols, a professional baseball star who played first base and helped the St. Louis Cardinals win two World Series"--Provided by publisher.