Article: Pujols, La Russa deny any friction in wake of All-Star controversy.

Byline: Derrick Goold

ST. LOUIS _ Choosing not to bat Albert Pujols in what Tony La Russa called a "magical moment" at this year's All-Star Game did not create a fissure between the Cardinals' manager and the club's franchise hitter. Far from it, Pujols insisted again Thursday.

But it did expose a rule La Russa would like tweaked.

Before departing for Friday night's second-half opener in Philadelphia, the Cardinals converged at Busch Stadium for a brief workout Thursday afternoon. In their first appearance together since NL manager La Russa did not play Pujols, the World Series champions' lone All-Star, both sought to extinguish any notion of ...

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