ST. LOUIS — There they stood in front of home plate, donning traditional home white uniforms, cleats digging into the soil of Busch Stadium, hats tipping toward the crowd.
Busch Stadium is open for business on a sunny fall day. CardinalsTheir final home regular-season game was played, a moment that had been anticipated for decades. For years, Yadier Molina Albert PujolsThey have changed the game of baseball by transforming it and bringing joy to its fans. For years, they’ve designed their own highlight reels and comeback stories, penning the highs, lows and everything in between that accompanies Hall of Fame-caliber careers.
They’ve even been fortunate to draw up how it will end. Molina signed a one-year extension to his contract last August. This marked the end of a 19-year-long career that saw him win 10 All-Star selections and nine Gold Glove Awards. It also ended a remarkable career that included two World Series championships, two Gold Glove Awards, and nine Gold Glove Awards. Pujols signed an extension to his contract for one-year in free agency last spring. This was after 10 seasons of being away from the Cardinals. The three-time National League MVP and 11-time All-Star would finish his career with the organization he started with, in the city where he became one of the sport’s biggest superstars by cementing his smooth right-handed swing as one of the best of all time.
