Albert Belle was a beast. Not only in the batter’s box, but also in the locker room and with the media. Perhaps the best way to put it would be to say that Albert Belle moved unapologetically through the baseball world, and walked away as one of the most feared hitters of the past quarter-century.
The man who is the only player to post 50 homers and 50 doubles in a single season, and should have been named the the American League’s Most Valuable Player for 1995, took a few minutes to chat with us Wednesday afternoon, and we learned that he refers to Buck Showalter as “Bucky,” the alterations he’d make to the MVP voting process, why he once ...
