ANAHEIM — For better or for worse, there is no player who has come to represent the Angels under Arte Moreno’s ownership more than Albert Pujols.
For the Angels to even sign him was a massive surprise, a swing from an owner giddy and willing to spend on a star who had put together one of the best 11-year stretches baseball has ever seen in St. Louis. In the years that followed, Moreno praised the signing of Pujols and what it signified for his franchise, one that has doled out as many $200 million-plus contracts as any in the game. But Pujols’ performances in Anaheim never even came close to the excellence that marked his historic Cardinals tenure.
Pujols achieved milestones in Anaheim, accumulating more accolades that will place him with the elite of the elite in Cooperstown. Three thousand hits.
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