albert pujols

Albert Pujols for Ryan Howard? Let's just say the MVP sluggers don't plan to pack their bags anytime soon. Talk of a megatrade kept baseball buzzing Monday following an ESPN report the Philadelphia Phillies were thinking about asking the St.

Louis Cardinals if they'd like to swap star first basemen.

Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.

Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

The Cardinals will attempt this winter to extend superstar Albert Pujols' contract, which expires after the 2011 season, Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt said in a phone interview with SI.com.

Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Matt Capps was ejected for hitting Albert Pujols with a pitch in the eighth inning Sunday, one batter after Skip Schumaker hit a go-ahead two-run home run.

Capps entered with one out in the eighth to preserve a 3-2 lead, but Schumaker hit his first career pinch-hit homer on an 0-1 pitch.

How's this for clutch? Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols is 7 for 9 with 24 RBIs with the bases loaded this year.

He inflicted more damage to the Mets in St. Louis' 12-7, 10-inning victory.

Albert Pujols was expected to define the All-Star Game. But he came up short, says Ben Reiter.