The original saying is, of course, a derogatory statement meaning player A isn't anywhere near as good as player B.
I'm a Cub fan, so I would say that Ryan Braun couldn't hold Alfonso Soriano's jockstrap.
I'm also a baseball fan.
So conversely, I believe that Albert Pujols is in that special category of...well, when you're watching the guy, you're probably watching history.
Right now he's hitting .328 with 13 homers, 37 RBIs, an on base percentage of .431 and a slugging percentage of .672.
He has hit over 30 home runs in each of his 8 seasons so far.
If you go to a site about fantasy baseball, they usually have stats about individual players and at the bottom, a little thing that says "compares to", where they list some other comparable players.
I'm not a fantasy baseball guy, but I would imagine that if you looked up Albert Pujols' "compares to", there would be no names there.
This illustration is from 2003 at the all-star break.
Albert hasn't changed a bit.
But in his last 10 games (not counting last night's Brewer game), he's cooled from hitting .364, and only has 3 homers and 7 RBI's.
So lets hope the Cubs can keep him cooling.
And in the other corner is our own Terrible Ted Lilly of the Valley of the Shadow of Death, going for a NL leading 6th victory.
This is early season absolutely must-watch baseball, guys.
I can't wait.
