Associated Press
Pujols debuts for Cards with mind on wife’s brain surgery
Minutes after Albert Pujols smacked the first hit of his second act with the St. Louis Cardinals, he received a text message saying his wife’s brain surgery was a success. As Pujols was getting ready to make his spring training debut, his wife, Deidre, posted on social media late Tuesday that she was preparing to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor discovered in October. Pujols signed with St. Louis and arrived in camp on Monday knowing his wife was prepping for what doctors told them was relatively routine surgery.