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Can't get no satisfaction: despite eye-popping numbers and new leadership responsibilities, there still is one person not impressed with Albert Pujols' historic start. Yeah, that would be Pujols himself.(Cover story)
Truth is, Albert Pujols just can't take a compliment. Toss aside every stunning feat, every head-scratching chapter of the prodigious Pujols legend: his migration from the Dominican Republic to New York (where, legend has it, he witnessed a murder) to Independence, Mo., his mastery of English after about 2 1/2 days of study (or, maybe, a year; legend's memory is always fuzzy), his storming the big leagues after one minor league season, the fact he's the only player in history to start his career with five 30-homer seasons, that he is the reigning MVP and that he set the major league record for homers in April (14). Forget that he's humble, hard-working and has ...
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