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Albert Pujols open to becoming a manger, says his ‘name is in the hat’ after recent MLB firings
Albert Pujols got a taste of managing during the World Baseball Classic, and it sure seems like he’s caught the fever.
The St. Louis Cardinals legend could have sat pretty after blasting 703 home runs in his illustrious career, but he loves the game and continues to be around it.
But he wants to be in it deeper, and given the recent managerial firings in Major League Baseball, Pujols said he is waiting for the right opportunity.
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“My name is in the hat,” Pujols told Fox News Digital. “I mean, listen, I’m not gonna force it. I think when the opportunity is right — I never was the player that I forced things. I let things come to me and prepared myself.
“My dad used to tell me, control what you can control. Don’t try to control the things that are out of your control. So I’m waiting for an opportunity. If it happens, great, I’ll be ready. If it doesn’t happen, then I’m really excited and happy with the career that I have.”
Pujols knows, though, that being an MLB manager is a thankless job.
“When you win, the team wins. When you lose, the manager loses,” he joked.
But other parts of managing, Pujols said, “have changed a lot,” notably with front offices increasing their say in daily lineups.
“I played in three periods: ’01 to ’10, ’10 to ’20, and then ’20 to ’22. So, I saw everything. I have seen this game strange so much, but I think at the end of the day, I think the communication, whether it’s with the front office, as a manager, your communication with your GM is so important, because that’s gonna transfer into the ballplayers,” he said.
If Pujols’ first managerial job is anything like his stint in the World Baseball Classic, he’d be pretty happy.
“Having all that talent that we had, representing our country in the World Baseball Classic, it wasn’t about teaching this guy how to play the game. These guys were professional. They know how to play the game,” Pujols said. “It was more about their responsibility, and little things that I can help them out, and, you know, writing that lineup, and try to be there, make decisions, and make the best lineup to win games.”
The Boston Red Sox fired Alex Cora, and days later, the Philadelphia Phillies relieved Rob Thomson of his duties. New York Mets fans have been clamoring for Carlos Mendoza to get the axe, but he remains in his post.
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Anti-ICE demonstrators detained after protesting arrest of illegal immigrant facing assault, drug charges
Nearly 10 people were detained in New York over the weekend as anti-ICE demonstrators were protesting against the arrest of an illegal immigrant accused of assault and drug possession, according to officials.
The protests erupted in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood after ICE arrested Chidozie Wilson Okeke, an illegal immigrant from Nigeria with previous arrests for assault and drug possession, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Okeke entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2023 and overstayed his visa that required him to leave the country by Feb. 26, 2024, DHS said.
During an immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, Okeke refused to comply with ICE agents’ commands to exit his car and attempted to hit them with the vehicle, according to the agency. He is then accused of being “physically combative” and attempting to punch and elbow ICE agents.
“Our officers followed their training and used the minimum amount of force necessary to make the arrest,” DHS said in a statement.
After his arrest, Okeke was taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center for a medical evaluation. Okeke “remained non-compliant during the medical evaluation, throwing himself to the floor and screaming,” DHS said, adding that he was eventually cleared by medical staff.
Video shows ICE agents dragging Okeke out of the hospital following his medical evaluation.
During the medical evaluation, a crowd of anti-ICE protesters gathered outside the hospital. DHS says the group damaged several ICE vehicles and assaulted agents, causing minor injuries.
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The NYPD said officers responded to reports of disorderly protesters outside the hospital between Stanhope and Stockholm streets on Saturday at around 10:25 p.m. Officers reported observing several people acting disorderly, obstructing vehicle traffic and blocking emergency entrances and exits to the hospital.
Officers issued repeated verbal warnings for the protesters to disperse and return to the sidewalks, according to the department.
Nine people were then taken into custody, including eight who were arrested and charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief, the NYPD said. One person was issued a summons and released.
The NYPD said it does not participate in civil immigration enforcement and had no prior awareness of the ICE operation.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told a Gothamist reporter after the incident on Saturday that ICE raids are “cruel and inhumane” and “they do nothing to serve in the interest of public safety, and I’ve said that even directly to the president.”
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