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Welcome back: Pujols set for return against Cardinals for first time

When the Los Angeles Angels come here to play the Cardinals this weekend for the first time in nine years, there will be story lines aplenty.

There will be a reunion of the catching Molina brothers for the first time since they coached a Puerto Rican youth team together last November in Colombia. Yadier still catches for the Cardinals, former catcher Jose is a coach for the Angels, and former catcher Bengie is a broadcaster for the Cardinals.

There will be the first appearance here, sort of, by Shohei Ohtani, the Angels’ talented pitcher-hitter who can’t throw this year after having elbow surgery but who can hit.