Albert Pujols and Alex Tuchowski at the Pujols Family Foundation's O' Night Divine event in St. Louis in December 2012.
He always looked Jeremy in the eye. That’s what Lisa Fraser keeps thinking. He never talked around him, like he wasn’t there.
Angels fans will remember the 500th home run and the 3,000th hit. Cardinals fans will remember the three MVP awards and the two World Series titles. If indeed Albert Pujols’s baseball career is over, as it seemed to be on Thursday when Los Angeles designated him for assignment, then fans of the sport will remember him as the 13th-round pick made good, the man who finishes as the active leader in games played (2,886), plate appearances (12,486), at bats (10,925), runs (1,852), hits (3,253), doubles (669), home runs (667), RBIs (2,112), walks (1,334) and WAR (99.