In summary Your resume sucks in comparison

Other than Bill Russell and his great teammates, nobody has more championship rings than Robert Horry.Horry was never an All-Star but he was a respected professional basketball player throughout his career.Here is why this is even a debate: Horry is no match skill-wise to Barkley, but not only does Horry have seven championship rings, he was a vital player who made some of the biggest shots in the game's history.It's not like he was just a scrub on the bench that rode some superstar's coat tails to the title. Horry had ice in his veins and thrived in the toughest moments.. Although winning (especially at the highest level) looks like so much fun, there is something to be said about being able to flat out dominate other great players.If I had to choose, I love Robert Horry and his career, but I have to go with Charles Barkley.Tell me whose career you would pick and why I'd love to hear it.. Albert Pujols has officially been named the National League’s most valuable player for 2009.This is Mr. Pujols’ third MVP honor, previously being named NL MVP in 2008 and 2005. Earlier this award season the St. Louis Cardinal first baseman collected his fifth Silver Slugger award and his second Hank Aaron award. 2009 also brought his eighth All-Star selection via the most votes of any player in either league and depending on your definition of “decade”; he was named the ‘Player Of’ this past one by The Sporting News.In summary: Your resume sucks in comparison. It used to be said that the most unfortunate job in baseball was being a first base farm hand for the Cardinals.

You could be a combination of Derrick Lee, Mark Teixeira, and Adrian Gonzalez rolled into one and you’d have exactly a 0.0 percent chance of playing in Major League Baseball until you got traded or moved positions. And your favorite player wasn’t better than him when Albert started.He’s like a bad case of the herpes for the opposition- you think he’s going to eventually go away if you just ride out an outbreak of massive moon shots and frozen ropes But he doesn’t. He won’t.Ever.Here’s a short list of the statistics that Mr. Pujols led the league in for 2009: Home Runs, Runs, On Base Percentage, OPS, OPS, Total Bases and Intentional Walks. Pretty much the best any team could even hope for, rightLet’s ask El Hombre...Albert, what do you think “I had a nice season, but it could have been better. We didn’t accomplish our goals and that’s partly my fault.”STOP IT. You egomaniac! I don’t know if I should slap some sense into his face or eat a piece of Apple Pie.

(As far as we know, but still.) That means the best four to six years of this Dominican monster’s career are theoretically STILL AHEAD.For the foreseeable future, the St. Louis Cardinals will be anchored by the best player in baseball, who also happens to be the best player in baseball from the past 50 years And if you want to argue that last point, bet me. I’ll take Pujols’ career to date plus the next 10 years. As much as you want.The past nine seasons of Pujols have been a warmup The opening act The appetizer before the meal.