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After Nomar was traded to the Cubs and Griffey's career began to wind down, Albert Pujols became my favorite player to collect. He came up bashing home runs alongside McGwire in St. Louis and I liked the way he carried himself and just thought he was going to become one of the all-time greats. He's certainly compiled an impressive resume starting with a Rookie of the Year Award, ten All-star appearances, six Silver Slugger Awards and two Gold Gloves to go with a RBI title, a Batting Championship and two Home Run titles. Let's add two World Championships, three MVP Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards and a Roberto Clemente Award. He is among the all-time leaders in hits, doubles, home runs and RBI. I hate to see his career coming to an end but I feel that way about all of the great players. I currently have 1717 unique Beckett recognized cards of the player known as "The Machine". Here are nine from my collection including several relics and a short print.

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2001 Topps Traded #T99 I.Suzuki/A.Pujols ROY (One day these two will be reunited on a stage in Cooperstown.)
2003 Topps Gallery Originals Bat Relics #AP Albert Pujols B
2003 Topps Heritage Clubhouse Collection Relics #AP Albert Pujols Uni D

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2005 Upper Deck Trilogy Generations Present Lumber Silver #AP Albert Pujols
2006 Fleer Tradition Traditional Threads #AP Albert Pujols Jsy
2007 Ultra Feel the Game Materials #AP Albert Pujols

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2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #277 IRod/Ordonez/Inge/Pujols/Mulder/Duncan (I'll show you both sides of this beauty which features two of his teammates and three of his opponents from the 2006 World Series.)
2012 Topps #331C Albert Pujols VAR SP/Press conference (I pulled this out of a "ten for a dollar" box at a card show.)
2015 Topps Triple Threads Relics Sepia #TTRAP3 Albert Pujols (Numbered 15/27.)