Future baseball Hall of Famer Albert Pujols, seen as he watches the flight of a June 2011 home run for the St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, has signed a 1-year contract to return to the team for the 2022 season. Expected to serve almost exclusively as the club’s designated hitter against left-handed pitchers and as a late-inning pinch-hitter, Pujols, a free agent after finishing last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, enters the new season fifth on Major League Baseball’s alltime home runs list with 679. (FILE PHOTO)
By The Associated Press Albert Pujols is returning to St. Louis after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Cardinals, according to published reports. The…
