Pujols: A Perfect 10

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Albert Pujols' first season

In the years that followed, the importance of the injury would only grow as rapidly as Albert Pujols' numbers and feats themselves, like an urban legend sprung from a medical report.

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Albert Pujols' second season

With one bases-clearing swing on the first day of his second season, the Cardinals' meteoric young star, Albert Pujols, rewrote the question that followed him through his sophomore summer.

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Albert Pujols' third season

When Albert Pujols connected for the requested home run in the bottom of the 13th inning, the Cardinals No. 3 hitter didn't waste time posing for ceremony. Pujols sprinted around the bases so swiftly that a teammate watched the line drive leave the park and turned back to see Pujols "roun…

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Albert Pujols' fourth season

Three years after he came to major-league spring training with a high number on his jersey and no expectations on his back, Albert Pujols walked into Cardinals' camp with the biggest contract in club history and expectations to match.

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Albert Pujols' fifth season

The loudest postseason home run of Albert Pujols' career saved a stadium almost as quickly as it silenced a city.

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Albert Pujols' sixth season

Sometime after the stats had settled and the votes counted, Albert Pujols would look back at his 2006 season and suggest it was his finest yet. The Cardinals first baseman had everything one would expect from a National League MVP season, except for the trophy.

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Albert Pujols' seventh season

Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf, whose eye for judging and collecting talent put him on Lambeau Field's ring of fame, stood a few paces back from the batting cage one spring, listening to Albert Pujols take his swings.

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Albert Pujols' eighth season

Sitting in the same spot that he would one day suggest Albert Pujols was worth $50 million a year, Atlanta manager Bobby Cox had another pronouncement to make about the Cardinals' MVP: Pujols could win a Triple Crown.

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Albert Pujols' ninth season

It took a game with two homers, three RBIs, four runs scored and, yes, a stolen base for Cardinals manager Tony La Russa to ditch his usual "tied for first" pretense.

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Albert Pujols' 10th season

During a frustrating stretch in June, Albert Pujols told his wife, Deidre, that he had settled on a way to describe what had been an erratic season.

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