Albert Pujols, the 42-year-old slugger who retuned to the St. Louis Cardinals this season, enters Saturday two homers away from 700.
, where he advanced to the second round with a controversial win over Kyle Schwarber, though Schwarber wasn’t worried about scoring controversies as he raised and lowered his arms in praise of Pujols when the veteran moved on.
And to that point, Pujols’s on-field performance mattered far less than his mere presence. Hitting .215 didn’t stop teams from showering him in memorabilia and playing tributes on video boards along the way. He didn’t need to be great again to feel appreciated. He didn’t need to carry the Cardinals to be treasured.But in the weeks since that point, even as a pile of No.
“It’s something you would just expect a good major league hitter to be doing to prepare. Not something you think of for someone at 42. I think about that all the time because we were born in the same year,” Cardinals hitting coach Jeff Albert said. “I’m like watching this thinking, ‘Man, this is so amazing. This is impressive.’ ”
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