The dream is dead.
On Saturday, it was announced that Albert Pujols signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers were not among the teams proposed by... anyone, so it came as quite a shock. The speculation and hope among some Cardinals fans that Pujols would have a retirement tour did not come to pass. As is usually the case with baseball, there is no Hollywood ending to Pujols and the Cardinals. (Although he will still be at Hollywood and I wish he wouldn’t because it messes up my sentence!)
While Pujols signing with the Dodgers is unexpected, Pujols not signing with the Cardinals is not.