 Cubs host Albert Pujols as he approaches home run No. 700

Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols remained in focus field encompassed by a triplet of more youthful Cubs players:

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''He's perhaps of the best person in the Dominican [Republic],'' Morel, an individual Dominican ballplayer,

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Pujols' goodbye visit and mission for 700 profession homers merged for this present week at Wrigley Field during a five-game series

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his impact throughout the span of a 22-year vocation was likewise in plain view. T

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Said Cubs outfielder Rafael Ortega, who covered with Pujols on the Angels in 2016: '

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It didn't appear to issue that Pujols, a 11-time All-Star, had absorbed a lot of such minutes prior.

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Pujols' homer Monday was his first against Smyly. With it, he tied Barry Bonds' record with homers against 449 pitchers.

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