“The ‘WELL-OILED’ Machine!” Albert Pujols illuminates MLB over his nickname ‘The Machine’ as he stands on the doorstep of 700-HR-Club

“The ‘WELL-OILED’ Machine!” Albert Pujols illuminates MLB over his nickname ‘The Machine’ as he stands on the doorstep of 700-HR-Club

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Albert Pujols has proven to be a legend in himself, ‘The Machine’ is close to achieving a whole new level of mastery with 700+ career Home Runs. Albert now stands at the 4th spot in the All-Time career home runs only behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714).

Albert Pujols is an 11 time All-Star with 2 World Series championship under his belt. 2001 was the year where ‘The Machine’ started his career and ended up winning the Rookie of the Year award. Albert Pujols knows the feeling behind all his home runs, you name them, he’ll remember everything.

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“Many of those [milestone home runs] are all special moments, so, of course, I am going to remember them. But I’m actually able to remember many of my at-bats and the pitchers I’ve faced because I watch so much video in 22 years,”

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Albert Pujols spoke about the time he has put in to be the player he is. “On a lot of my at-bats, I can still tell you the count, what I was thinking and where the pitch was. Stuff like that stays with me.”

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Albert Pujols spoke about his liking towards being called ‘The Machine’

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The star slugger added, “I don’t like calling myself a ‘machine,’ but it’s like my mind is registering it and remembering it for later, even if I don’t remember every detail, I can just see a couple of seconds of a clip and then all of a sudden, I can remember everything about the at-bat.”

Albert Pujols watched his videos day-in day-out to work on the type of player he developed into, “With big moments, I remember every detail because I watch hours and hour and hours of video, and I have it all stored in my iPad. I still watch video from 2008, 2009 and 2006 — some of the best years of my career — to see what worked best for me.”

“I think my memory of the at-bats is just like a pattern in my brain and it remembers everything about those moments.” Albert Pujols’ first ever home run came on April 6, 2001, St. Louis Cardinals against the Diamondbacks, two-run home run off Armando Reynoso.

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