Duke’s SI cover when Albert Pujols hit first home run
On Friday night, Albert Pujols joined a now-four-member club by belting the 700th home run of his 22-year MLB career. One way to better appreciate just how long the 42-year-old has been hitting dingers as a major leaguer is to look at the Duke basketball-themed cover of Sports Illustrated from the week the slugger tallied home run No. 1. As one can see in the following tweet, courtesy of Action Network’s Darren Rovell and a retweet from the official Duke basketball account, the date of the issue is April 9, 2001. That is three days after Pujols hit his first…
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