I always think of wainwright admitting to grooving one to jeets his last ASG - showed how seriously the players took the home field advantage thing
― ✖, Friday, 26 August 2022 00:02 (one year ago) link
#694 tonight, against the Reds. it's the 3rd inning and it's 8-0, so i expect he'll get some more chances to hit tonight
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
that's a record-breaker, the 450th different pitcher he's hit a HR against, one more than mr. bonds.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 00:57 (one year ago) link
i've noticed, watching the opposing team's broadcasts as per usual, that pujols is now routinely referred to as "the machine". "the machine" is not found in any of the previous 850+ posts. i admit, during pujols' 2001-2011 with the cardinals, i was barely paying attention to baseball. is "the machine" a newish nickname or was it always there? i don't like it
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 01:04 (one year ago) link
Makes me think of the 70’s Reds
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:25 (one year ago) link
I vaguely recall Pujols' robotic and emotionless nature being a thing when he was first with the Cards. There was a Sportscenter commercial about it.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:33 (one year ago) link
you'd think the nickname would have to be retired during the 2010s, though. that was brutal
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5VH7ZudR0c
― ✖, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 05:09 (one year ago) link
pujols' last AB against the cubs is a pinch hit home run, a no doubter, #695, a 2-run shot putting them up 2-0 in the bottom of the 8th. he's had extra good final performances against the reds and cubs now. dang
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 4 September 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
#697 is a 2-run shot over the center field wall that puts the Cardinals up 3-2 in the top of the 9th, after being held to 2 hits for the rest of the game
that was classic
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 September 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/TBJ4SmA.png
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 September 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link
bold of them to mention bonds
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 September 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
Matt and Samantha Brown caught Pujols’s 697th homer. Samantha’sfather passed away one year ago today. They met with Albert to give him the ball back — he told them to keep it and signed two more for them. Said it would mean more to her than to him. pic.twitter.com/FuXXFiYCIa— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) September 11, 2022
albert "cool guy" pujols ftw
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 September 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
That is cool. That ball is probably worth a ton
― frogbs, Monday, 12 September 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
#698, tied up the game.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2022 04:33 (one year ago) link
699 and 700
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 24 September 2022 03:27 (one year ago) link
congrats to Apple TV! and to Wayne randazzo of all people who got to call it live (he’s usually the Mets radio guy, he might actually be better as a tv play by play guy)
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 24 September 2022 03:29 (one year ago) link
actually never saw him smile like that
― frogbs, Saturday, 24 September 2022 03:31 (one year ago) link
Wonderful moment. And did I see Adrian Beltre and Dave Winfield in the crowd? (I watched the highlights from MLB's YouTube channel)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 24 September 2022 05:14 (one year ago) link
I have spent all night trying to figure out who that was. Was it David Winfield?
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 September 2022 05:47 (one year ago) link
beltre was the guy he went over to
― ✖, Saturday, 24 September 2022 08:22 (one year ago) link
Like they haven't had enough good stuff happen in L.A. this year.
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 September 2022 09:16 (one year ago) link
500 HRs against RHP, 200 HRs against LHP
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 September 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
the other way around surely?
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 24 September 2022 17:19 (one year ago) link
nope!for most of his career he was an equal-opportunity destroyer of right and left-handed pitching. but more importantly, most pitchers are right-handed so he had a lot more PAs against RHP then against LHP
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
9600 PAs against RHP3418 PAs against LHP
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
He went over to Beltre after hitting the HR, but the other guy (Winfield) appeared on camera a couple of times.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
I should say -- (Winfield?)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
beltre i recognized, but winfield was driving me nuts because I also recognized him and just could not remember his name
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
after a 2-run double, pujols is now one RBI behind babe ruth for second place all-time. strangely, baseball reference has babe ruth with 2214 RBIs while fangraphs shows 2217 RBIs? albert has 2213.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 2 October 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
he hits a HR, his 702nd, in his final game in St. Louis (three more follow in Pittsburgh), and ties Ruth with 2214 RBIs as well, behind only Hank Aaron.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
what a moment
https://i.imgur.com/SVHsany.png
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
I was thinking the way he’s been hitting, he must’ve been having *some* decent success against right handed pitching, but wow those platoon splits are something else. Albert on the Cards playing at Coors Field 2006 vs Albert on the Angels 2020 basically.
― omar little, Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
check out the guy at the top falling over with a beer
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/By5XARC.png
#703 is in pittsburgh, a 2-run HR that barely cleared the wall in the left-field corner. it puts him ahead of Babe Ruth in RBIs with 2,216, second only to Hank Aaron.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
Was surprised at first he didn't join Judge as player of the month, but yeah, Escobar was the better choice.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 00:32 (one year ago) link