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Pujols is a faith-based mystery
Sometimes during the daily pregame hitters’ meeting held by the St. Louis Cardinals, Albert Pujols tells his teammates how he plans to terrorize pitchers that night.
Larry Stone: All-Star Game will be an Albert Pujols lovefest
This year’s All-Star Game will be Pujols-Palooza, a celebration of the game’s best player, having perhaps his best season (though that’s highly debatable; he’s had nine “best seasons”), and playing Tuesday night in his home ballpark.
Focus of Cardinals first baseman Pujols: Higher power
Albert Pujols, a two-time National League MVP, is the only baseball player in history to hit 30-plus home runs in each of his first eight seasons. He goes to church, repeatedly mentions his devotion to God and raises money for children with Down syndrome in the USA and mission trips to help the poor in his native Dominican Republic.