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Albert Pujols stepped into the batting cage, and Angels officials began a quiet scramble. Where is Arte? He has to see this.
As spring training moments go, here was a big one: Pujols, wearing the cap and windbreaker of his new team, taking his first (unofficial) round of batting practice as an Angel. Full-squad workouts don’t begin until next week, but Monday morning was, for all practical purposes, the dawn of Pujols’ new baseball life. And Arte Moreno was the man who made it possible.
Moreno, who has owned the Angels since 2003, stretched the payroll to give Pujols a 10-year, $240 million contract. For that sum, he deserved the satisfaction of watching his new superstar pound one pearly baseball after another. So the call went out, and Moreno...
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