Albert Pujols’ high school contemporaries remember Fort Osage job. It’s not too Pujols isn’t a dominant energy.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s crazy to think about now, with Albert Pujols’ guaranteed hallway of popularity career in light, but he was never opted for first-team All-Metro during his two times at Fort Osage.
As a sophomore in 1997, Pujols — whoever twelfth grade trainer, Dave Fry, known as him or her “a present through the baseball gods” in a 2012 interview aided by the la circumstances — strike .449 with 11 home goes and 33 RBIs, based on the Examiner.
The guy assisted turn Fort Osage to a Missouri type 4A condition title having 1997 All-Metro pro of the season Chris Francka, but Grandview’s Jay Bollinger acquired the first-team All-Metro nod at shortstop. (more…)