For the majority of my years growing up, when baseball fans thought of the St. Louis Cardinals, they thought of Albert Pujols. I was two years old when he debuted, and as a 12-year-old in 2011, it shook me to imagine him leaving, but then as it goes, you give things time and move on.
Over Pujols’ 11 years in St. Louis, he won the rookie of the year, went to nine All-Star games, finished top five in the MVP voting ten times while winning it three times and was the definition of the Cardinal way.