The cries have surely already started, and they’ll be accompanied by soul-shriveling moans of anguish and despair. It’s as if the baseball gods decided to torment Cardinals fans in a particularly spiteful and punishing manner.
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Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols takes a curtain call after he smashed home run No. 702 of his career in the third inning against the Pirates on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at Busch Stadium.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
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