St. Louis Cardinals icon Albert Pujols should be a unanimous choice -- his name checked on every ballot -- when he becomes eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2028.

I got to thinking about this after one lunkhead declined to vote for Ichiro in the 2025 selection. Ichiro easily passed through, getting 99.7 percent of the vote. But that's not the point.

Some Hall of Fame candidates are no-doubt-about it selections because of their incredible resumes. With these legends, there is nothing to debate, there is no reason to agonize, and you don't need to spend hours and hours on research to check on the validity of his career. It's automatic. The mission of the Baseball Writers Association of America is to identify the most qualified candidates and put them in. So put them in. When a career is so preposterously as strong as Pujols career in MLB, there are no reasons for deliberations ... and no reason whatsoever to withhold a vote.

I discuss this -- and Pujols' extraordinary career -- in this video.

Enjoy!