Albert Pujols and Tony La Russa. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Tony La Russa is happy that Albert Pujols is ending his MLS career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Although he is currently the manager of the Chicago White Sox, Captain Tony La Russa has been so over the moon that one of his greatest players of all time is ending his MLB career where it began, with Albert Pujols playing one final season with the St. Louis Cardinals!
Pujols spent the first half of his baseball career playing for La Russa in St. Louis. They won a pair of World Championships together, first in 2006 and then again five years later in 2011. La Rosa will retire from management career after defeating the Texas Rangers at the Fall Classic. Pujols left the Cardinal for a massive 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels. A lot has changed…
While La Russa has his own World Championship competing team to run on the south side, he is simply “ecstatic” as the Pujols is ending his career with the Redbirds.
Tony La Russa “High” Albert Pujols ends his career with the Cardinals
Pujols returns to St. Louis after spending the past decade in Los Angeles. One of the big factors that will allow him to end his football career with the team he is famous for playing with is DH being world class. At 42 years old, it’s hard to imagine Pujols playing on the field every day going forward. Additionally, he can retire playing alongside his best friend in support of the beloved Cardinals Yadier Molina.
There may be a lot of old dogs on this year’s Redbirds roster, but they’re led by cornerbacks still in full swing with third baseman Nolan Arenado and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. St.Louis was a wild card team a season ago after the expanse caught fire. They are the biggest threat to overtaking the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central race.
As far as the Cardinals can fly this year, they’ll be lucky to make it to the NLCS with the last two World Series champions playing in the National League in a pair of former NL West competitors: the former Pujols of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves World Championship Governor. Skating can be tough, but St. Louis have won more titles than any Premier League team in history.
If the Cardinals win it all, Pujols and Molina can blast off into sunset as triple champions.
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