“I finally got a photo with one of my childhood heroes”

The Boston Celtics player, a baseball fan, comes from scoring 55 points in the NBA All-Star Game

Sunday night in Salt Lake City was a very special one for Jayson Tatum. But not only for scoring 55 points, the most in an All-Star Game, achieving victory for his team and obtaining the Most Valuable Player award, but also for having shared with one of the legends of the Major Leagues.

“I finally got a picture with one of my childhood heroes”, was what Tatum responded to a publication he made Albert Pujols of what he experienced during the Weekend of the NBA Stars.

The Dominican player who ended his MLB career by hitting 703 home runs, spent most of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, a team Tatum is a fan of because he was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Pujols shared on his social networks some photos of his children with some celebrities such as rapper Fat Joe and former player Shaquille O’Neal, but the one that had the greatest impact was the one posing with the Boston Celtics star.

Tatum responded to the publication of “The Machine” with the message where he recognizes once again that Pujols is one of his idols. Previously, the MVP of the All-Star Game had already recognized on his social networks that his favorite player of all time in the Major Leagues is Albert Pujols.

Jayson Tatum was invited in September of last year to throw out the first pitch at a Cardinals game, just a few days after the same player had expressed his desire to attend a game before the start of the current NBA season. and to have the first pitch of honor.

At 24, Tatum won the Kobe Bryant Trophy for Most Valuable Player of the NBA All-Star Game this weekend at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, scoring 55 points with 10 rebounds and 6 assists.