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06/12/2007 10:20 PM ET
Notes: Homecoming for Pujols
Cardinals superstar slugger returns to Kansas City
By Alan Eskew / Special to MLB.com
KANSAS CITY -- Albert Pujols went to Fort Osage High School and Maple Woods
Community College in Kansas City before the Cardinals picked him in the 13th
round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft.
"I still make Kansas City my home in the offseason," Pujols said on Tuesday
before opening a series with the Royals. "I come here to train and give
clinics to kids around the area because I never had the opportunity in the
Dominican to see a professional give a clinic. I know that's very important
right now in this area, to try to help a bunch of kids out, to stay out of
the streets.
"So I have a heart for KC. I love this town. I still make it pretty much as
my home. I love St. Louis, too. The two cities are pretty much the same,
except we have the best fans in baseball [in St. Louis]."
Pujols certainly enjoys hitting in Kauffman Stadium, where he had a .400
career average with seven home runs and 20 RBIs in 70 at-bats entering the
game. He singled in his first at-bat on Tuesday.
"I like to hit in any park," Pujols said.
While the Cards won 42 of their first 68 games last year, they lost 33 of
their first 60 this season. Despite their record, they were tied for second
in the National League Central, only 5 1/2 games behind the Brewers.
"It's been a tough season," Pujols said. "You look around, and when you have
the talent we've got here, we knew there wasn't going to be that struggle all
year that we were going through in early April.
"It's still a long season. Obviously, our record is still below .500. We
don't look at our record. We look at the positive thing we can take. Knowing
that it is a long season, and hopefully if everybody gets hot at the right
time and the pitchers execute their pitches when they need to, we're going to
win some games. Every year this game is tough. It's not easy. We have six
teams in our division, and they're playing tough. We're going to have some
opportunity to hopefully catch up with them."
The Cards field an experienced, playoff-tested team that should help them
over a 162-game season.
"You can say that, but that's not the attitude we take," Pujols said. "We
know that everybody is equal. We were the world champions last year, but what
about this year? This is a new year, and everybody starts from zero. Our goal
hopefully is to give ourselves an opportunity to be in the World Series and
postseason. It was a lot of fun last year. We're going to try to do our best
to be there again."
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