Five topics from columnist Ben Frederickson that St. Louis sports fans should be discussing:
Albert Pujols hitting home run No. 660 got me thinking about Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo.
Apples and oranges, I know, but hear me out.
Pujols left St. Louis after his age-31 season for the big free-agent contract right after the Cardinals won a championship. Many of his Hall of Fame worthy milestones have happened in California as a result, with considerably less fanfare than he would have experienced if he stayed with the Cardinals. While Pujols got paid – he is owed a whopping $30 million in 2021 in the final season of his 10-year, $240 million deal – he has played in just three postseason games during his nine seasons with the Angels, and none since the Angels were swept by the Royals in a division series back in 2014.