As we celebrate Valentine's Day, it appears the love affair between many St. Louis Cardinal fans and Albert Pujols may officially be over after the slugger moved onto Los Angeles to play for the Angels in 2012.

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson tells us how he saw this first hand during a chance encounter with Pujols at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.

Reading Baseball is a series of original essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, the author of  Pops: The Willie Stargell Story and  Growing Up With Clemente.