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St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols 'chases' baseball history: 700 home runs

The 42-year-old is in his final Major League season and is hoping to join three baseball legends in reaching 700 home runs. Only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds have done it. Pujols has 698.

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What are the odds Aaron Judge hits home run No. 61. against Pittsburgh on Wednesday?

Will Aaron Judge make history tonight?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Yankees earn comeback 9-8 walk-off victory against Pirates as Aaron Judge hits home run No. 60

NEW YORK — Maybe the ghost of the Babe was watching over them Tuesday night.

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Two of baseball's biggest stars are closing in on major home run marks

The Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Cardinals' Albert Pujols are each closing in on a major home run milestone, bringing life to every at-bat as their teams near the end of the regular season.

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Yankees manager Aaron Boone says he hopes to give Aaron Judge a day off soon

MILWAUKEE — Aaron Judge has played in every Yankees game since the beginning of last month — and the slugger who is chasing history isn’t likely to sit anytime soon. It’s not the chase for 61 that has the Bomber pushing, it’s winning the American League East and clinching their…

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Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox need to be in Aaron Judge sweepstakes this offseason

What if the Red Sox could replace the offensive production of several players, solve their outfield problem and hamstring their biggest rival in the American League East by making a single signing this offseason?

Boston Herald

Everything in Aaron Judge’s Career Led Him to This Historic Season

After years of work and study, the Yankees’ slugger is a hitting master coming into his own at the right time.

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Albert Pujols Makes Classy Gesture to Fans Who Caught 697th Homer

Pujols belted a dramatic go-ahead home run in the ninth inning on Sunday and made a special gesture to the Pirates fans who caught it.

Sports Illustrated

Albert Pujols hits 697th career homer

He moved past Alex Rodriguez into fourth place on the career list.

Chicago Sun-Times

Albert Pujols Hits 697th Career Home Run, Passes Alex Rodriguez

Pujols moved into sole possession of fourth on the all-time list with his go-ahead homer in the ninth inning on Sunday.

Sports Illustrated

Albert Pujols hits 696th homer to tie for fourth on all-time list as Cardinals rally to beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Albert Pujols continued his trek toward to 700 home runs Saturday night but he stopped by Alex Rodriguez’s house first.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Albert Pujols Hits No. 696 to Tie Alex Rodriguez on MLB’s All-Time List

The Cardinals star is now four shy of joining Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth in the 700 home-run club.

Sports Illustrated

Why Aaron Donald Could Be the Best Defensive Player in NFL History

In our search to quantify the singular greatness of the three-time Defensive Player of the Year Award winner, here’s what we found out to support the argument.

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Oswaldo Cabrera and Gerrit Cole power Yankees to doubleheader sweep of Twins

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge got one home run closer to Roger Maris, Gerrit Cole mowed down the Twins with 14 strikeouts and the decimated Yankees swept a doubleheader in the Bronx.

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Aaron Judge turned down $213.5m. Now he’s on his way to a home-run record

The slugger turned down a huge contract extension from the Yankees and bet on his own abilities. It looks like he made the right decision

Chicago Sun-Times

Home-run stud Aaron Judge is doing it the right way — we think

Yankee seems squeaky-clean, so we can go ahead and call him the homer king if he passes Maris

Sports Illustrated

Five Things to Follow Five Weeks Before the Playoffs

In five weeks, we’ll be watching playoff baseball. Because of the new 12-team postseason format, this is the first year in which there will be four best-of-three Wild Card Series, two in the AL and two in the NL, as opposed to the single one-and-done game in each league. This…

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What History Tells Us About Aaron Judge’s Pursuit of 61 Home Runs

Let’s look at how his season compares to the other players who were on similar homer paces entering September.

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SI:AM | Aaron Judge Might Actually Do It

Roger Maris’s AL home run record is within reach.

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Albert Pujols Is Writing the Perfect Ending to His Legendary Career

The 42-year-old Cardinals slugger has returned to being one of MLB’s more productive hitters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball by the numbers: Albert Pujols loses in WAR among GOATs

Crunching the numbers shows he falls well below greats such as Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: Joe Medwick's family shares feelings on Paul Goldschmidt's Triple Crown quest for Cardinals

With September warming up in the bullpen, the surreal will soon flirt with reality. Paul Goldschmidt could accomplish something that hasn’t been done since the Great Depression.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs to call up Javier Assad to start Game 1 of doubleheader vs. Cardinals

Assad has a 2.66 ERA in Double-A and Triple-A combined this season.

Chicago Sun-Times

This You Gotta See: Cardinals’ Albert Pujols brings chase for 700th home run to Wrigley

The great slugger arrives with 692 career dingers, fifth on the all-time list, as a five-game series against the Cubs gets underway.

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Pujols Now One Home Run Shy of Impressive Barry Bonds Record

The Cardinals legend is close to passing a lesser-known Bonds home run record.

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