Contreras said he started imagining himself as a Cardinal the day he saw Albert Pujols hit his 695th homer. Said he was on the IL, watching from the bench, envisioning playing for a team with that kind of tradition and celebration.
Also, I’ll be playing all my new music at the Boondocks in Springfield, IL on Jan 16 right after the winter warmup! Legendary song writers and performers Gary Baker and Greg Barnhill will be joining me! Love to see you there. All proceeds benefit @BigLeagueImpact
Tough game today!! Proud of our kids for battling all day and putting us back in the Final Four. Thank you to all the seniors for their commitment to Trojan football over the last 4 years!!
#WeWillBeBack
BREAKING: Adam Wainwright, the longtime ace of the #stlcards rotation, will be returning to the team for the 2023 season.
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Average college players spend 3,000 hours on their game in 4 years. Only 4% of that is spent on actual game play. You need mental & physical stamina, toughness & a willingness to work regardless of success or playing time. You have to love the process of what it takes to compete!
Albert Pujols’ average home run trot over the years it has been tracked by Statcast is ~26 seconds.
Extrapolated over his full career, Pujols has spent just over 5 HOURS of his life just running the bases after hitting a home run!
Matt and Samantha Brown caught Pujols’s 697th homer. Samantha’s
father passed away one year ago today. They met with Albert to give him the ball back — he told them to keep it and signed two more for them. Said it would mean more to her than to him.
1. Raider Nation (and beyond):
As we endure yet another tragedy with the loss of Conner Rowcliff and Keegan Virden, our Raiders are doing all they can to find peace together. With visitations and funerals this week, we need each other more than ever.