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Albert Pujols on Stan Musial: 'Thank God I knew him
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Stan Musial – Society for American Baseball Research
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Inside Albert Pujols' path to 3,000 hits - ESPN
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Albert Pujols - Musial Awards
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Pujols ties Musial for 3rd all-time in extra-base hits
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