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your mom, that's barrel them up,
barrel it up right there.
Well, the swing that produced the fourth
most home runs in baseball history is
now right at home on the golf ce
with the all the other retirees.
Albert Pool Holes took his athlc
ability to the Celebrity classic
in Texas this weekend and finisd
tied for 24th out of 40.
Not too shabby.
Our Frank Cusamano talked
with the happily retired Pool
Holes earlier this week and
it's a pleasure to welcome Albet
Pool Holes, who's playing in the
celebrity classic down in Texas.
Albert, how is the golf game?
How you playing right now?
I'm playing great.
I mean just something that I that I love.
I love the game of golf
and just being back here,
getting invited to this turn ofe
is super pumped up, super excit.
You know this is some of this e.
You know that I obviously becaue
my career I wasn't able to do
and now that I retire, you know,
I'm able to to attend to some of this
event and I'm really excited about it.
I know your son AJ is a terrific player
who plays in college who wins wn
you play against each other now? Well,
we go back and forth. I think,
you know, he's, he's a better player.
But I think mentally I'm mentally tough.
So I'm beating in the mind befoe
we even get to the tea box.
So Albert, you're used to playig
in front of the world in basebal
with everybody watching you.
What about in golf with a lot
of people watching you now?
Do you feel any pressure? Not
really. I think it's something,
you know that. It's just have f.
I think you know your first tsh,
you know, probably tomorrow
it'll be a little nervous.
But then after that, it's like,,
you know, I've been here before,
just like baseball, you know,
your first are about the season.
I mean, after 20 years of
playing the game of baseball,
I still get those goose bone,
I still get those butterfly.
You know,
what's it like for the first tie
in like 25 years to wake up andt
think about that night's pitche,
not think about hitters,
meetings and training. Pretty
awesome. I'm going to tell you like what Sean
Johnson told me after he retire. He's like,
I'm sleeping like a baby right .
I don't have to sleep and thinking about,
wow, a slider 045, you know,
and all that stuff.
So no, it's been great.
This is something, you know,
I obviously it was an amazing career.
You know, I'm so blessed that te
Lord give me ability and talent.
Keep me healthy, you know,
for the majority of my career te
able to to know, to reach those goals.
I mean 23 years as a profession,
22 in the big leagues,
as a long, long, long career.
You know, I'm so blessed and, you know,
with the support of my family,
with the support of so many great fans,
you know,
back in San Luis and Anaheim in California.
I mean, it was just an amazing career and
I'm just glad to be able to close it out.
Last year in San Luis where
everything started for me,
I was so blessed to go back.
I enjoyed it.
And you know,
now I get to do the other part of my life,
which is travel and,
you know,
being there,
you know,
going to screen training with
the Angels and helping the
young players as much as I get.
Do you watch Cardinal games at l
or do you look at box scores? Ah, no.
I did tell you the truth, Frank.
I haven't sit down and watch the
baseball game probably since you
all the postseason last year.
I don't, I think.
And that's something that I,
you know, when you play this fo,
it's like it's not that
I don't have the time.
It's like I'm not interested about it.
But I mean I watch the highlight
here and there. You know,
obviously they're they have a slow start,
but I think they're going
to put things together.
They have too many great players
and too many talent, you know,
and that club has not to figure.
And I know people in San Louis
probably are panic and you know
what happened with the Cardinal.
I mean guys this is only
15 games into the season.
I mean you still got.
5 1/2 months,
and I think they're going
to put it together.
You know the amazing thing about your season,
and you mentioned this on Albert Pujols day,
You said there was a time during
that season where you thought
maybe I shouldn't be playing.
And then to have it end like it.
Absolutely stunning, wasn't it?
Yeah, I mean, you know.
None as I mean those are things
that obviously go through your .
But at the end of the day,
it's not like I'm going to throw that towel.
I think a medical amendment
to the cardinal organization.
I think this is something that s
fighting with the Lord every day just asking
God like why why am I here, you know,
and and I think he showed me once again,
you need to be patient.
It's not on your time.
It's on my time.
And obviously his time is perfect, not mine.
And he knew it before I even knew that I
was going to finish strong like I did,
you know, over the last.
Three months of the season and helping you
know the ball club to get to the postseason.
So I think at the end of the das
that be able to control your the
things that you are able to conl
and that's OK you know to to tot
frustrated a little bit in this game.
But I think at the end of the dI
was able to make the adjustmentI
was able to get there are bad tt
I need it you know was playing e
constantly in the gang and I was
able to have the success you kn.
Final thought, what would Albert
Pujols most like to be remembered for?
This is a great strong Christian
guy that loves the Lord,
you know and just use the talent
to play the game of baseball.
But most important,
you know give back to the
community because at the end
of the day I think we all have
responsibility on giving back.
And that's something that I'm
that I'm able to do through
the Pools Family Foundation,
which I'm blessed to have a great group
of team people that a great tea,
the owners that.
He's passed Babe Ruth second
old time in history and runs
Batted in a historic Blast #703.