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Atlanta Braves Star and St. Louis Cardinals Legend Going Viral For Wholesome Photograph

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Albert Pujols meeting on Friday is the wholesome content you didn't know you needed.
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Atlanta Braves Star and St. Louis Cardinals Legend Going Viral For Wholesome Photograph
Atlanta Braves Star and St. Louis Cardinals Legend Going Viral For Wholesome Photograph

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Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuna Jr. has a knack for producing wholesome content with the legends of the game.

Earlier this season, he went viral for a his interaction with Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, and on Friday, he went viral for a wholesome picture with St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols.

The two exchanged personalized jerseys with messages written on them.

Acuna is one of the best players in the game right now while Pujols is one of the all-time greats and is a sure-fire Baseball Hall of Famer.

Nicknamed 'The Machine,' Pujols played 22 years with the Cardinals, Angels and Dodgers. He hit 703 career home runs and drove in more than 2,200 career runs (2,218). He was an 11-time All-Star selection, a six-time Silver Slugger, a three-time MVP, a two-time Gold Glove winner, a batting champion, a Rookie of the Year and a two-time World Series champion. 

He's a lifetime .296 hitter with a .374 on-base percentage who retired after the 2022 season.

As for Acuna, he's on track to win the National League MVP award this season. Hitting .340 this season (entering Friday), he's got 26 home runs, 70 RBI and a whopping 53 stolen bases.

He is already a four-time All-Star and a two-time Silver Slugger winner, in addition to having won a Rookie of the Year award.

He'll get a chance to add to his statistics this weekend as the Braves visit the New York Mets. Game one is on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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