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Feb 23, 2023 · Albert Pujols, 43, could have returned for a 23rd MLB season, but he is enjoying retirement too much and doesn't 'miss a freakin' thing.' ... Last year was the best thing that happened to me in my ...
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Oct 9, 2022 · Matthew Leach. Albert Pujols has made it clear, again and again, that this really is it. We saw his last Major League at-bat on Saturday night at Busch Stadium, when the Cardinals were eliminated in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series. And while the game will miss him -- and Cardinals fans will miss him more -- that’s actually a beautiful thing.
- Matthew Leach
Oct 6, 2022 · That proved true as Pujols hit three home runs in July, eight in August, seven in September and two more in October. Not coincidentally, once Pujols took off, so did the Cardinals. From July 30 to Sept. 7, the Cards went 28-8 to move from four games down in the NL Central standings to 9 1/2 games ahead.
Pujols was raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, mostly by his grandmother, America Pujols, and 10 of his uncles and aunts. He is an only child. His father, Bienvenido Pujols, was a softball pitcher who struggled with alcoholism. Pujols often had to take his father home when his father got drunk following games.
Mar 28, 2022 · St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits a solo home run during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, in this, Oct. 22, 2011, file ...
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Sep 24, 2022 · The 42-year-old Pujols, who has said this is the final season of his 22-year career, joined Barry Bonds (762 home runs), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) as the only sluggers in AL/NL history to hit at least 700 long balls in his career. Pujols and Aaron are the only two with at least 3,000 hits and 700 home runs.
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Mar 4, 2024 · Albert Pujols remains as Angels special assistant despite new MLB roles, team says. June 5, 2023. But he is hardly the retiring type. Since the end of his playing career, Pujols has worked as a ...
