Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols concedes his season may be over barring improvement in a strained left calf that forced him from the lineup shortly before Tuesday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies and left him to hobble to first base after a late-inning pinch-hit appearance. "If I feel like I can play, I'm going to play. But the way I feel right now, I would say no. But we'll see the next couple of days," Pujols said, refusing to rule out the possibility of playing by saying "anything's possible." Though the Cardinals face imminent elimination from the National League Central race, manager Tony La Russa recently said he would continue to play Pujols, in part, because of the former Most Valuable Player approaching several historic thresholds.