Albert Pujols is a Cardinal.
I will say that my initial reaction to this move was not overly positive. Yes, I understand the nostalgia and sentiment that goes with a Cardinals legend returning for one more run with the club. I see the symmetry of that with Yadier Molina and (maybe) Adam Wainwright also in their final year in the game together.
This will be fun. No doubt.
For a few weeks.
Then the Cardinals have 162 games to play this summer and winning will become what I care about.
Gotta stop here and give a little shoutout to my Twitter friend Crash (@CrashSTL), who cracked me up over on Twitter with this one (there’s a couple good-natured shots at me in the thread):
Yeah, I’ve been a bit of a party pooper compared to the general Kumbaya that is Cardinals’ country over Pujols’ return.