Albert Pujols and theCardinals got to the playoffs and if they can make a deep run There is a time and a place for it.
Albert Pujols said he almost called it quits this summer before going on a tear that helped him become just the fourth player in baseball history to reach 700 home runs.
Pujols told MLB.com that he contemplated retiring in June after a rough start to the season. The future Hall of Famer had slashed.198/.294/.336 and had hit just four homers with 17 to go to hit 700
Pujols said that he contemplated retirement. I asked myself that a lot.
Something clicked after he changed the way he held the bat. After hitting 20 homers in just over three months, Pujols became one of the best hitters in baseball to close the season.
"When you have good people around you and they are encouraging you and you realize that God has opened so many doors for you, it puts things back into perspective," Pujols said. I decided to stay with it. It was going to turn around for me sooner or later, because it can't be like it was all year.
Despite his stellar season, Pujols will stick to his plan of retiring after the season. John Mozeliak said he was happy that Pujols didn't retire earlier.
Mozeliak told MLB.com that they were aware of some difficult times, but that he was able to overcome them.
In the first game of the wild-card series on Friday, theCardinals will host thePhillies.
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