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National League 2003 Batting Champion Albert Pujols: Cardinals slugger has performed at a high level of consistency in his first three major league seasons.

Baseball Digest

| February 01, 2004 | Etkin, Jack | COPYRIGHT 2004 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

FORTY-SIX YEARS IN THE ST. LOUIS organization have given Mike Shannon a deep and lasting Cardinals perspective. He began playing for the team in 1962, when Stan Musial was winding down his glorious career and Bob Gibson was becoming an All-Star for the first time.

Shannon, a St. Louis native, just completed his 32nd year doing Cardinals radio broadcasts. He's as much a part of the humid St. Louis summer as a cold Budweiser. Shannon, 64, can gush about the team and its rich past and becomes effusive when weaving Albert Pujols, 23, and his first three seasons that practically defy belief into the team's tapestry.

"This is a dream. This is storybook stuff. ...

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