Pujols

Albert Pujols retired from Major League Baseball as a player last year.But the 43-year-old hasn’t really gone anywhere. And his MLB profile is about to get much higher.Already a special…

By WILL GRAVES - AP Sports Writer Albert Pujols is open to transitioning into coaching. Eventually. Just not yet.The retired slugger popped into the St.…

TEMPE, Ariz. —  Albert Pujols found himself in a familiar setting Tuesday, back at Angels spring training. Now happily retired from playing, Pujols, 43, is a special assistant to the club…

Albert Pujols will work with young players at the Angels’ academy in the Dominican Republic and tutor big leaguers and minor leaguers during spring training in Arizona as part of the retired…

Albert Pujols looks at the scoreboard after being replaced by a pinch runner during a wild-card playoff game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Oct. 8.(Jeff Roberson /…

Albert Pujols plans to honor his 10-year, $10-million personal services contract with Angels despite owner Arte Moreno’s intentions of selling the team and the disappointing end to the…

The visiting dugout had emptied, members of the St. Louis Cardinals waiting in front while Albert Pujols rounded the bases in a regular-season game for the 700th time in his major-league…

Until Albert Pujols crushed a fastball by Andrew Heaney for home run No. 699 of his career in the third inning Friday, the Dodgers felt nothing but affection for their former teammate.“Tio!…

The Mt. Rushmore of major league sluggers gained a fourth chiseled face—this one with a dark, tightly cropped beard, a seemingly permanent scowl and a gold chain around its neck — when…

SAN DIEGO —  When the bat of Albert Pujols caught fire in early August, and it appeared the St. Louis Cardinals slugger would make an improbable 11th-hour run to 700 homers, Mark McGwire…