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The naturals: teenage players whose innate baseball talents made them special; Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Mel Ott, Bob Feller and Robin Yount are some Hall of Famers whose careers started at an early age.
BERNARD MALAMUD'S NOVEL THE Natural, which was turned into a memorable movie starring Robert Redford, doesn't entirely fracture the bounds of probability in one way in spite of being a highly imaginative work of fiction.
Like the character played by Redford, some young men are baseball "naturals" with what seems an inborn gift for playing the game. An outstanding example is St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols who has frequently been described as a "born hitter" since he won the 2001 National League Rookie of the Year Award.
At the tender age of 21, and in only his second season as a pro, Pujols broke into the major leagues by batting .329 with 37 ...
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