478/.556/.913/1.469 with six extra base hits and nine RBI.Ģ011 NLCS aside, Pujols has obviously reached a ton of milestones with this known illegal bat. During that six game series against the Brewers, Pujols collected at least one hit in every game. In order to get to the World Series that year they knocked off the Brewers in the National League Championship Series. If we go back in time, this means Pujols was using an illegal bat during the 2011 post season when the Cardinals won the World Series. If you connect the dots, that means Pujols has really been using an illegal bat, per MLB, since then. Maple bats are still used league wide today just with updated standards and specifications.īerman also mentions that Pujols had this bat grandfathered in because he was using it prior to 2010. The maple bat is deemed illegal due to saftey concerns due to it’s increased risk of splintering into multiple pieces. So Martín back to using his bats.Īs reported by Mark Berman, the bat Pujols sent Maldonado is illegal and MLB considers ‘not within the rules’.
It was grandfathered in for Pujols because he had been using it prior to 2010. Per FOX: Martín Maldonado used a bat last night Albert Pujols sent him that MLB considers not within the rules. There was only one problem with Maldonado using a bat from Albert Pujols. Maldonado believes the Pujols always got some of the best quality of bats because of his stature. Martin Maldonado reached out to Albert Pujols before the start of the World Series and asked Pujols to send him some bats - and today, a half-dozen arrived from the future HOFer.
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