Is what I hear the most often to describe his swing. This is a really awesome article. In agreement on that he has a shorter swing, this comes to mind:

It’s hard to explain, but it’s like the way he holds the bat at a slight angle, it’s almost as if his swing is already beginning, as compared to someone like Brian McCann:

I know we’re talking micro-milliseconds here, but that’s just less time it takes for Pujols to get the bat to the ball, than it would McCann.

Just watching a guy like Pujols too, there’s something about his swing that is described so well in the article, that he doesn’t ever really swing that hard. He just has a fluid motion, the sweet swing, and makes perfect contact when he goes yard. It’s not like Ryan Howard or Prince Fielder who have immense raw strength, who essentially actually look like they’re powering their hits out of the park. Most notably is Fielder, who takes some violently vicious cuts, and whenever he actually connects on one of those, they’re usually the ones that make SportsCenter, smashing the outfield wall of some park.

I was talking with my dad today who follows very little baseball other than the Braves anymore, and I appologized for talking about Phat Albert so much. I then explained to him my thinking that Pujols is the prominent baseball player of our era, much like Hank was for him, and Ruth was for his dad.
He agreed 100% and concluded that he really is a “once-in-a-generation talent” as the article says.
I am truly excited to see what he can do for the remainder of his career. He’s and absolutely facinating ballplayer.

I probably learned more about hitting from that fanpost than any other hitting instructor I have ever trained with. He really is one of the best players ever. I believe that if he never gets injured too seriously (Ken Griffey Jr.) he will be the record holder for career home runs by the time he is done.