“Despite the most recent surge of media attention about our personal lives, I would never miss out on an opportunity to send love, and blessings to someone who I have spent a majority of my life with and will forever be connected,” Deidre said in part of her post on Instagram. “Our children will be there to support him and if I was able I would have also been there to celebrate this special event. However, I will be there in spirit and watching from home as I continue my recovery from surgery.”
Deidre Pujols announced on March 29 that she was undergoing surgery on a brain tumor that was found in October 2021.
Albert Pujols started his career as a St. Louis Cardinal in 2001. He played with the World Series-winning 2011 Cardinals before becoming a free agent. He joined the Anaheim Angels (later the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) into May 2021 and was with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the rest of the 2021 season.
In a surprising but fan-pleasing move, Albert Pujols agreed to a one-year deal with the Cardinals. Pujols announced it would be his final season before retirement.
Full statement
Today I am excited to celebrate what will be an incredible baseball experience for our family, baseball fans and for the story of baseball as we watch Albert start the 2022 season reunited with the St. Louis cardinals where it all began for our family years ago. I had a great conversation with Albert this morning, we talked about today’s events and all that will happen, we prayed together to set the energy for the day and he is excited as are all of us. He has been one of the most disciplined athletes of his sport that I have ever known and how God has used his life on and off the field has always blown my mind! I am really happy he gets one more year to play the game! Despite the most recent surge of media attention about our personal lives, I would never miss out on an opportunity to send love, and blessings to someone who I have spent a majority of my life with and will forever be connected. Our children will be there to support him and if I was able I would have also been there to celebrate this special event. However, I will be there in spirit and watching from home as I continue my recovery from surgery. Thank you to all the fans who have watched and supported his historic career, we will probably never see anyone do what Albert has done in this game again in our lifetime
