Questions about his future hang over Pujols' feat

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A bit of history took place Friday at Busch Stadium, and soon after I was struck by a couple reactions.

First off, the feat. With a double down the third-base line in the eighth inning of the Cardinals' 9-2 win over the Cubs, slugger extraordinaire Albert Pujols joined the 2,000-hit club.

While Pujols undoubtedly has many more milestones he'll meet in his career, my first reaction was to wonder if it will be one of the last he'll record in a St. Louis uniform.

With his contract up at the end of the season and little progress made toward agreeing to ....