“Sorry Alex Rodriguez!”: Albert Pujols rephrases history, fabricating heart-warming gesture with his 697th HR ball

“Sorry Alex Rodriguez!”: Albert Pujols rephrases history, fabricating heart-warming gesture with his 697th HR ball

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Albert Pujols slammed the 697th homerun of his prestigious career in Sunday afternoon’s 4-3 win over the Pirates. He is now the sole person to withhold the 4th position in the MLB All-Time HR leader board, passing the great Alex Rodriguez. He is now only behind legends Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds (762) in all-time Major League Baseball home runs.

Albert Pujols not only wrote his name in the history books of Major League Baseball; he also wrote his name all over the heart of two fans who caught his 697th homerun ball. The ball was caught by a couple, Matt and Samantha Brown, whose father passed away one year ago on 11th September.

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Pujols asked them to keep the legendary ball as he felt the ball would mean more to the couple than to him. He is such a legend that he not only told them to keep the ball, he signed two more for them on top of it.

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“It’s just a baseball. They deserve to have it. It went out of the ballpark,” Albert Pujols said with respect to the decision. “We play this game for the fans. So, whether they want to give it back or they want to keep it, I don’t have any problem with that.”

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Albert Pujols now stands at 4th in the MLB career HR leader board, bumps A-Rod to 5th

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Albert Pujols

“For 23 years as I’ve played as a professional, for 37 years I’ve played in my life, I’ve always appreciated this game,” Albert Pujols added. “You have to. This opportunity comes once, and that’s something I’ve been blessed with. For me, I play every game like it’s the last game of my career.”

Albert Pujols proved that he is a team player before anything else, which makes it picture perfect that his 696th and 697th homers have come in very high-leverage situations to help the Cardinals come from behind twice.

In July, Albert Pujols told USA Today, “I’m still going to retire, no matter whether I end up hitting 693, 696, 700, whatever, I don’t get caught up in numbers. If you were going to tell me 22 years ago that I would be this close, I would have told you that you’re freakin’ crazy. My career has been amazing.”

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