Next up for Albert Pujols is the “Say Hey Kid” A.K.A. Willie Mays. After home ring on Sunday Pujols is sitting at 656 home runs with 12 games remaining. If Albert Kees swing the hot bat he could tie Willie Mays for fifth on the all-time home run list with 660 jacks.
I remember as a kid looking at this very same list and never imagining anyone would catch Willie Mays in my lifetime. At the time he was third on the list behind Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. I watched my fair share of great home run hitters growing up Mike Schmidt, Reggie Jackson, and Eddie Murray were all in their heyday in the late 70’s through the mid 80’s when I was cutting my teeth in baseball knowledge.