“He epitomizes what a St. Louis Cardinal is — he deserves cheers,” said second baseman Kolten Wong, the Hawaiian who first said hello to Pujols at Busch Stadium in 2011, the year Wong was drafted — and the year Pujols said goodbye. “It was tough in that situation because of the full bases, but I understand where these fans are. All these people grew up watching him. A lot of these people grew up idolizing him. He deserves cheers no matter what.”
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