[Gotham Dark Knight]

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Albert Pujols became the fastest player in major league history to reach 19 home runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. Pujols reached the milestone in his 37th game, beating Mickey Mantle in 1956 and Luis Gonzalez of the Diamondbacks in 2001, by three games. Pujols added RBI singles in the first and fourth, hiking his major league-leading total to 47, and flied out to the warning track in center field in the sixth.

The man is keeping company with the Mick...and now that he is on my fantasy team...geez, I am hoping for +60 homers from the guy....anyone want to predict the final numbers here?

[ThePundit]

It's unbelievable how great Pujols had. His swing is picture perfect. I would take him over A-Rod if I had the choice.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

It's unbelievable how great Pujols had. His swing is picture perfect. I would take him over A-Rod if I had the choice.

You know, and I never really thought that te Cardinals ball park was a hitters ball park...Imagine this guy swinging like this in Colorado...

[Lefty Noob]

I did read the other day that his back's starting to hurt him, though, so as nice as it would be to see him keep up this pace and maybe give Barry's single-season record a run, I have doubts that his health will allow it.

[legend]

Almost half of his hits are home runs! I cannot believe he is not being pitched around more. With that in mind, I predict 56 home runs and 130 RBI. Somehwere down the line, managers are going to start to treat him like Bonds of a couple years ago and make Edmonds and Rolens beat them instead.

[MVB]

First half of the season, he'll break all sorts of records... But as the season draws to a close, and division races tighten.... he'll just be walked. Pujols will end up with 45-50 homers.

[Lefty Noob]

45-50 homers, eh? Interesting. So, how many do you think will be from the first half -- 30, 35 maybe?