Cubs general manager Jim Hendry sent the rumor mill spinning on Tuesday. Hendry twice embraced Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols behind the cage during Tuesday batting practice before a game between the two teams. He dismissed the hugs as an innocent show of affection between two men who have known each other for 10 years. "I've known him a long time. I'm not going to treat him any different and the same with him," said Hendry. Pujols is in the final year of his contract with St. Louis.