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Angels to Release Albert Pujols

With 667 home runs, 10 All-Star Games, three MVP awards, two World Series rings, and a career that started with as the National League Rookie of the Year in 2001, we are talking about none other than Albert Pujols. At 41 years old, Pujols was released by the Angels on Thursday afternoon in the final year of his 10-year contract with Los Angeles.

Of course we all know Pujols spent 11 years in the Majors with the Cardinals, helping guide them to titles in 2006 and 2011. Pujols had an OPS over 1.000 in nine of his 11 seasons in St.