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Albert Pujols just became the third player to join that rare pantheon: Hitting three home runs in a World Series game. In fact, Pujols' mesmerizing performance in Game 3 might just be the best of all time in the long history of the Fall Classic.
All that means he'll be back next season in a ... gulp, Chicago Cubs uniform?
Yep, Pujols might very well be the next World Series hero to switch teams immediately after the season. The Yankees' Hideki Matsui did that two years ago. After hitting over .500 and winning the series MVP, Matsui felt unwanted in the Bronx and opted to sign with the Angels. A couple of other Yankees World Series headliners did that in the late '90s as well, as both John Wetteland and David Wells departed after winning it all.
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