Albert Pujols 08/18/22 Aug 18, 2022; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pinch hitter Albert Pujols (5) receives a standing ovation after hitting a grand slam for his 690th career home run against the Colorado Rockies during the third inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
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Legendary first baseman Albert Pujols continues to slowly climb his way up the all-time home run leaderboards for the St. Louis Cardinals and added to it in a big way in Thursday’s game against the Colorado Rockies.

Thursday’s game was a rout in the Cardinals’ favor from the very beginning, and Pujols only added to that with a massive grand slam in the bottom of the third inning to extend the lead to 10-0.

Pujols was met with a huge celebration from his teammates and proceeded to take a curtain call while the cheers came in from Cardinals fans at Busch Stadium.

This home run put Pujols to 690 home runs in his career, only six behind Alex Rodriguez for fourth place in the history of the MLB and ten away from the historic 700 home run club. Pujols already announced that he will retire at the end of the 2022 MLB season, so he will certainly need to act with some urgency if he wants to catch Rodriguez on the leaderboard.

Though he is clearly not the player that he once was in the prime of his career, Pujols has been extremely serviceable in his 22nd year in the major league, hitting for .251./.330/.460 with 11 home runs on the season. It makes it even more special that Pujols is playing his last season with the team that he was initially drafted by.

St. Louis currently holds a playoff position atop the NL Central, and it would be amazing to see Pujols be able to compete for a World Series ring in his final season in the big leagues.

Most players are out of the league way before Pujols age, but Thursday is yet another example that the old man still has a little gas left in the tank.

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Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.

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