How old do you think Albert Pujols really is?

[minors4me]

title says it all, how old is he?

 

[mudflap02]

Do you understand what a 36 year old baseball playing human looks like?

 

[Pine Tar]

I do it looks like this

 

[shuedini]

I do it looks like this

And ^that^ picture was from a couple of years ago!

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

I think he is at least 2-3 years older than his listed age, possibly 4-5.

 

[schmidtfan20]

why does it matter, he could still teach Jesus a few things.

 

[Card Magnet]

44 or 45...give or take a dozen years.

 

[A_Pharis]

73.

But, why does it matter?

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

His age doesn't matter...as long as he is hitting, where it comes to play is in contract discussions for the Cardinals. The rumors were very strong for the first 5 years of his career where I believe most writers assumed he was older than listed.

Of course, it doesn't negate the ability he has shown throughout his career.

 

[mstng99tim]

If only humans were like trees, we could just cut his arm off and look for ourselves.

 

[smapdi]

There's no reason to think Pujols's age is any different from what's stated. Why, because he excelled from the start? How many 25-YOs had years like his 2001? Put it this way, look at this picture:

Pretend for a second you don't know who this is (or maybe you don't) and just look at him. If I told you he was 25, would you accept that? If I told you he was 35, would you accept that? Look at the lines in his forehead, the crinkles around his eyes, the weathered look. Could he be a well-preserved 42? Yet his age is well-documented, I assume, and he wasn't crushing high schoolers as a 22-YO as a gimmick to vault to nearly unprecedented fame and fortune.

 

[Card Magnet]

If we're playing the Benjamin Button game, this guy was only about 20 at the time of this photo...allegedly.

 

[All The Hype]

There's no reason to think Pujols's age is any different from what's stated. Why, because he excelled from the start? How many 25-YOs had years like his 2001? Put it this way, look at this picture:

Pretend for a second you don't know who this is (or maybe you don't) and just look at him. If I told you he was 25, would you accept that? If I told you he was 35, would you accept that? Look at the lines in his forehead, the crinkles around his eyes, the weathered look. Could he be a well-preserved 42? Yet his age is well-documented, I assume, and he wasn't crushing high schoolers as a 22-YO as a gimmick to vault to nearly unprecedented fame and fortune.

Thanked for making a logical point. Lots of people look older than they really are.

Think about it, a lot of times the people who develop first are the good athletes anyway... they have more physical ability from a younger age and are pushed to excel. It's a logical pattern of events.

Unless someone actually has evidence, who's to say that Pujols is any older than he is listed?

 

[jbhofmann]

22? Really?

 

[Card Magnet]

22? Really?

Claimed to be 19 or 20 in that photo.

 

[thefatguy]

73.

But, why does it matter?

Damnit...I was going to guess 76 :lol:

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

Interesting results with only 2 out of 42 think he's actually his listed age of 30.

 

[RL24]

G: Other: ?

If only humans were like trees, we could just cut his arm off and look for ourselves.

Awesome!

 

[gvsu96]

Age wise

Ryan Howard<Albert Pujols

 

[elmalo]

Who cares?