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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1768547" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-pujols-vaults-into-top-10-for-base-hits-with-nos-3-313-and/article_499f9f8c-1351-518f-bd50-51fe9c907183.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>NEW YORK — Although he received a cake and other acknowledgements during his final regular-season series as a player in New York, Albert Pujols joked it’s not like this is final visit ever to the city. If anything, he said, having his summer free will mean more visits.</p><p>Asked about his future plans, Pujols said he’s only sure of that one.</p><p>Travel.</p><p>What else? He wonders, too.</p><p>“That’s a great question because that’s a question I don’t even know what’s going to happen,” the three-time MVP said Wednesday afternoon sitting in the visitors’ dugout at Citi Field. “I have the personal service (contract) with the Angels, so I’m going to be active with some baseball stuff. I also am going to take some time. ... First of all, travel — stuff I wasn’t able to do for 22 years. Travel in the summer.”</p><p></p><p>With singles in his first two at-bats Wednesday, Pujols leapfrogged Eddie Collins into the top 10 for career base hits with 3,314. The Cardinals checked with Elias researchers, who put Collins’ career total at 3,313 hits, though other sources credit him with 3,315. Pujols will force his way into the top 10 either way — another in the many reasons he should keep free several weekends after he retires following the 2022 season. Three years from now he’ll be eligible for the Cardinals Hall of Fame. Five years from now he’ll appear on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Inductions to follow.</p><p>Although he has previously said he would decide on the personal services contract following the season, Wednesday was the first time he directly referenced the $10 million, 10-year agreement with the Angels that was part of his free-agent contract. The personal services contract — the last of its kind before Major League Baseball eliminated them — triggers when he retires, regardless of the team he’s last with, and Pujols does have the option to decline it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1768547, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-pujols-vaults-into-top-10-for-base-hits-with-nos-3-313-and/article_499f9f8c-1351-518f-bd50-51fe9c907183.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] NEW YORK — Although he received a cake and other acknowledgements during his final regular-season series as a player in New York, Albert Pujols joked it’s not like this is final visit ever to the city. If anything, he said, having his summer free will mean more visits. Asked about his future plans, Pujols said he’s only sure of that one. Travel. What else? He wonders, too. “That’s a great question because that’s a question I don’t even know what’s going to happen,” the three-time MVP said Wednesday afternoon sitting in the visitors’ dugout at Citi Field. “I have the personal service (contract) with the Angels, so I’m going to be active with some baseball stuff. I also am going to take some time. ... First of all, travel — stuff I wasn’t able to do for 22 years. Travel in the summer.” With singles in his first two at-bats Wednesday, Pujols leapfrogged Eddie Collins into the top 10 for career base hits with 3,314. The Cardinals checked with Elias researchers, who put Collins’ career total at 3,313 hits, though other sources credit him with 3,315. Pujols will force his way into the top 10 either way — another in the many reasons he should keep free several weekends after he retires following the 2022 season. Three years from now he’ll be eligible for the Cardinals Hall of Fame. Five years from now he’ll appear on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Inductions to follow. Although he has previously said he would decide on the personal services contract following the season, Wednesday was the first time he directly referenced the $10 million, 10-year agreement with the Angels that was part of his free-agent contract. The personal services contract — the last of its kind before Major League Baseball eliminated them — triggers when he retires, regardless of the team he’s last with, and Pujols does have the option to decline it. [/QUOTE]
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