Joey Votto Vs. Albert Pujols

or all the differences between the 2011 Cincinnati Reds and the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals, there is one striking similarity: the tremendous quality of the first basemen which headline these NL Central contenders. Albert Pujols may not have had the start that baseball fans have come to expect out of the man who has earned the moniker "The Machine," but his impending free agency remains one of the biggest stories in baseball.

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