Since Albert Pujols’ sudden departure as a free agent after the 2011 World Series championship, the Cardinals have waited for a turn of the schedule to give them a chance to host Pujols and give him a moment, at Busch Stadium, like so many other former Cardinals have had.
They’ll get a whole weekend to do so in 2019.
Pujols’ Los Angeles Angels are scheduled to make an interleague visit to St. Louis in June 2019 for a three-game series, according to an official aware of the Cardinals’ wishes who has also seen a close-to-final version of the 2019 schedule.