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    Bill Plaschke: It's not in the Cards

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times May 04, 2018 4 minutes

    ANAHEIM, Calif._If the Angels are thinking about one day honoring Albert Pujols with a statue, there is something they should know.

    There already is one. It is 10 feet tall, bronze, and stands outside a Sheraton hotel in suburban St. Louis.

    "Lots of people in St. Louis are still excited about what he's doing, and still wishing it could be here," said Brad Thompson, St. Louis media personality who once pitched for the Cardinals.

    If the Angels are thinking about one day retiring Pujols' No. 5 jersey, there is something else they should know.

    It's already essentially been retired. The Cardinals have

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