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Albert Pujols goes ON FIRE to pass Alex Rodriguez for 4th all-time in homers!! (His last 10 homers!) (Original Post) SaintLouisBlues Sep 2022 OP
He can just flat out hit, no matter how old he is. brush Sep 2022 #1
He should get there. They have 21 games left underpants Sep 2022 #3
Six games against the Pirates?!?! He might get 10 homers there. Probatim Sep 2022 #4
I hope he breaks Musial's all time Cardinal homer record this year. (Nothing against Stan) GreenWave Sep 2022 #2
First time hearing of them low-balling him to preserve Musial's mark. brush Sep 2022 #5
Cards owner and still is a Bush lover and Trump lover. GreenWave Sep 2022 #7
Albert was/is right. He shouldn't take less. brush Sep 2022 #8
He has said repeatedly that this is his final season WestMichRad Sep 2022 #6
And I am pausing at post #699 GreenWave Sep 2022 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2022 #10

brush

(57,086 posts)
1. He can just flat out hit, no matter how old he is.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 12:05 PM
Sep 2022

If he doesn't get to 700 home runs this season, the Cardinals have to bring him back net year to do it, and even to see if he wants to play the whole season as he's still a productive DH.

Probatim

(2,991 posts)
4. Six games against the Pirates?!?! He might get 10 homers there.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 12:23 PM
Sep 2022

As a lifelong resident of SW PA, I've grown accustomed to bad baseball played by the home team.

Plus he's got like 170 homers against the bucs.

GreenWave

(8,869 posts)
2. I hope he breaks Musial's all time Cardinal homer record this year. (Nothing against Stan)
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 12:06 PM
Sep 2022

The man simply had the best decade of any Cardinal ever. They intentionally low-balled him to make him leave and keep Stan's record intact. He needs 13 to do it. And then too close to the Babe not to to try.

If they would have re-signed him he would have probably 800+ now as he moped in LA for about a decade.

But beyond baseball:

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brush

(57,086 posts)
5. First time hearing of them low-balling him to preserve Musial's mark.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 12:43 PM
Sep 2022

Last edited Mon Sep 12, 2022, 01:15 PM - Edit history (1)

That's effed up if that's what happened. Musical was a great player, one of the greatest hitters ever so it wouldn't have taken anything away from him if Albert topped his home run total.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Racism and some white people...they hurt themselves.

GreenWave

(8,869 posts)
7. Cards owner and still is a Bush lover and Trump lover.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 01:31 PM
Sep 2022

Stan was very welcoming of players crossing the "identity barrier".

Another factor could be Albert saying he shouldn't take less just because he is a Latino.

WestMichRad

(1,733 posts)
6. He has said repeatedly that this is his final season
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 12:47 PM
Sep 2022

… so those hoping for him to return for another year are going to be disappointed.

But it’s great seeing him go out with a bang! This coming from a Brewers fan (pretty much resigned to seeing the Cards win the NL Central this year): it’s wonderful to see him passing stinkin’ ARod in the all-time HR table, and I hope Pujols hits 10 more in the next two weeks. (Just not too many against the Brew Crew, please!).

And did you see the diving stop he made on a play this weekend? He still can play great defensively, too!

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