Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run at Dodger Stadium. It's the best place that could happen outside of St. Louis.
“It’s pretty special,” Pujols said of joining the 700 Club. “When it’s really gonna hit me is when I’m done at end of season and I’m retired, and a month or two after that I can look at numbers.
He was mobbed by teammates in front of the dugout. Fans among a crowd of 50,041, who came to adore him during his five-month stint with the Dodgers last season, chanted his name and demanded a curtain call, and when Pujols obliged, he received a thunderous ovation. “It’s crazy. When he was here and passing all the big-name guys, you had to pinch yourself sometimes just to be able to witness it. Seven hundred is a lot of homers. But the way Albert works, the time he puts in, the preparation, the dedication … you just can’t bet against him.”Albert Pujols, a beloved mentor as a Dodger last season, joined the elite 700-home run club with his former teammates bearing witness with conflicting emotions.
Pujols’ ascent to 700 near the end of his 22nd and final season continued a late-career renaissance that began after the aging and oft-injured first baseman was released by the Angels in May 2021 with the team failing to win a playoff game over the course of Pujols’ 10-year, $240-million contract. Nicknamed “The Machine” because of his consistent production in the first decade of his career, Pujols was more of a spare part this season, relegated to a platoon designated hitter and pinch-hitter role, with most of his starts coming against left-handers.
Schumaker, 42, is the same age as Pujols, a former utility man who played with Pujols in St. Louis from 2005-2011 and retired in 2015. Seven years later, Pujols is still crushing home runs, and Schumaker is five years into his coaching career.Years of poor decisions have fueled the Angels’ struggles despite the team featuring Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Now Arte Moreno is weighing a sale.
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