Sluggers R Him

The best hitter in baseball over the past 10-12 years would unquestionably have to be Albert Pujols. The fellow has consistently hit for both average AND power AND he's clutch. Who's the second best? That's a little bit harder to ascertain. For me, though, I would probably have to go with Vlad Guerrero. Statistically, the dude (who, for some inexplicable reason, seems to get traded a lot) has put up some absolutely unbelievable numbers. During his 15 year major league career, he's accumulated 1,326 runs scored, 2,586 hits, 476 doubles, 449 "dingers", 1,495 runs-batted-in, 737 walks, and a .318 lifetime batting average. Hell, folks, the dude has even stolen 180 bases to boot................................................................................................The way that I see it, the fellow's a sure-fire Hall of Famer (even if he retired tomorrow) and, even if he has only modest years over the next 3 or 4 (he'll be 37 next month), he'll probably end up as just the 5th player (the other 4 being Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Eddie Murray, and Raphael Palmiero) in big league history with both 500 homers and 3,000 hits. That, to me, is an extraordinary feat. Vlad Guerrero, the #2 hitter in baseball over the past decade, IMHO.