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This book has something in it for everyone. Thats not altogether a good thing. Its intentions are very good, but unfortunately there are too many intentions and they dont mesh well. I believe I understand the structure as this: every other chapter is an account of a season in Pujols career, up through 2010. Lamb liberally doles out the stats, which should please any die-hard baseball fan with a photographic memory for stats (I personally know plenty of such types). He gives highlights from each season, usually coming to one climactic moment. The off chapters are about Pujols the man. And my gosh is it ever hero worship. Dont get me wrong--Pujols is probably the most stand-up guy to ever play the game. I dont doubt for a second that hes everything he claims to be. His work with the Pujols Foundation and with people with Down Syndrome and other special needs places him above reproach in many, many regards. I am sure he is a strong, die-hard Christian and that he witnesses to every baserunner as Lamb and Ellsworth claim. All of this is fine. However, I would have liked a more objective approach. What we seem to have here is the Christians guide to serving God and witnessing to others as represented by Albert Pujols, and Pujols puts such incredible pressure on himself to walk the walk that I feel worn out by his example. Im bothered by testimonies that focus on a person and his or her own works of righteousness rather than God and His goodness. This book is sort of a tract--witness the Albert Pujols way--and all we get is example after example of how righteous Albert is by his works. If that inspires you, thats great. It depresses me. This kind of thing doesnt talk about how good God is; its about how good Albert is to God. And sometimes he is so devoutly religious in action that he doesnt relate well to people, and he says something like, At the end of the day, its what God thinks that counts. So that absolves him to be a jerk for Jesus, I guess. Please dont get me wrong, I think Alberts incredible. Hes a great leader for his team, he lives a clean life, he is extremely generous with his time, money, and resources. Hes probably the greatest baseball player of all time, yet he puts his faith above his talent. I just get depressed by testimonies about Christians who seem to be working to earn their salvation. It doesnt work for me anymore. And it really doesnt work to juxtapose it against all of Alberts stats. This should be two separate books. Give us the story of his career in one volume and then the worship of Albert as a perfect Christian in another volume. I know, I know--nobodys perfect, only God is perfect, as Albert and the authors here would say. But the message conveyed here is that Albert is the standard by which God will judge the rest of us, and I dont like that. Other aspects of this book that are uneven is that it seems like the authors have scores to settle on his account. It IS a good thing to defend him against the steroid allegations, but in that particular chapter, we get rather a sermon than a well-reasoned argument, and they had way too many points of contention. One or two would suffice, but we get reasons like, Do you honestly believe Albert would swear before God that he doesnt take steroids? Im paraphrasing, but thats the gist. Lets just let the facts speak for themselves--the man has NEVER taken PEDs, and considering his incredible career and stats, thats witness enough of Gods hand at work in his life. We also get an entire chapter that advertises for the Pujols Foundation. Again, dont get me wrong, an extremely worthy organization thats doing awesome things for people with special needs, but it doesnt fit with the rest of the book. What was this book intending to accomplish? At times, its baseball storytelling. At others, its an altar call. And then we seem to be taking up a collection for the Pujols Foundation. My problem, you understand, is with the book, not with the man. I would have appreciated more objectivity. Someday someone will write the book. This one feels as if Pujols himself reviewed every chapter, telling the boys what was okay and what wasnt (he didnt, but he might as well have). I WILL gladly say this--as a result of reading this book, I no longer hold it against Albert for leaving St. Louis. Yes, we Cards fans felt he belonged to us, but he clearly doesnt. Im saying this with sincerity: he belongs to God, and I know God will somehow use him to affect the Anaheim community the way he has affected St. Louis. Alberts mission is bigger than baseball, although good gosh hes good. Its hard to imagine a player as great as him being able to see a larger picture, but he does, so we Cards fans have to let it go. I wish him well. I hope his career continues as it has thus far (I know last year was a disappointing season for him, but Im sure it was a fluke). I do believe hes the greatest to ever play the game, and we were privileged to have him in STL for as long as we did.
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