{"id":52763,"date":"2022-08-30T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T17:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=52763"},"modified":"2022-08-31T01:13:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T01:13:49","slug":"does-pujols-come-back-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=52763","title":{"rendered":"Does Pujols come back once more?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I don’t follow Major League Baseball the way I did as a kid, but I am enjoying watching one of the game’s all-time greats having a fabulous “final season” to a legendary career.<\/p>\n

Albert Pujols is back in St. Louis and is bashing the hell out of baseballs on his way to the Hall of Fame in five years — or maybe six.<\/p>\n

He says this is the final year of a 22-season career. He has hit 694 home runs. He has more than 3,300 base hits. He struggled the past couple of seasons, but he has found his swing again.<\/p>\n

He wants to hit 700 dingers. Here’s my thought.<\/p>\n

What, though, might he do if he gets to, say, 699 home runs when the season ends? Does he walk away? Or does he talk to Cardinals’ head office about coming back for one more go ’round.<\/p>\n

Think of it, he could maintain his part-time playing status but get enough at bats to go after Babe Ruth’s record of 714. He won’t catch Henry Aaron (the real home-run king) or the imposter, Barry Bonds. But the Bambino’s mark might be worth chasing.<\/p>\n

But … if he hits the 700-HR mark when the season ends, we’ll all say goodbye to one of the all-time greats of an all-time great game.<\/p>\n

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