Cards’ Pujols wins second NL MVP award (AP)

November 19th, 2008 by Babe Was Roidless
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Cards’ Pujols wins second NL MVP award (AP)

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols laughs at a question at a press conference after he won his second NL MVP award, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 in St. Louis.

Albert Pujols convinced himself and voters what’s worthy of the NL MVP award. The St. Louis star became a two-time winner Monday, outdistancing Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard in a result that’s sure to renew a debate Pujols once raised himself: What qualifies as “most valuable”? Pujols won despite the Cardinals‘ fourth-place finish in the NL Central, the lowest spot for an NL MVP winner since…