Albert Pujols plans to get the most out of next week’s All-Star festivities in Cincinnati. Not only will the Angels slugger start at first base for the American League in Tuesday night’s game, he will participate in Monday's home run derby.
"I enjoy it," said Pujols, a 10-time All-Star who did the home run derby in 2003, 2007 and 2009. "I take it like regular batting practice ... except you have 50,000 people watching you and you don't have a cage.
"You have a lot of cameras around you. It's like teeing off at a PGA tournament, when you have so many people on top of you, but I've enjoyed every single one I've done, and I’m happy to be back.