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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1783716" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-albert-pujols-like-a-stephen-curry-took-over-cardinals-biggest-game/article_14641f8a-4afe-579c-925d-0881ad25e9d5.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman" target="_blank">Benjamin Hochman</a></p><p>At this point, the only way to explain it is to concede it’s inexplicable.</p><p>Yes, Albert Pujols still trains very hard and practices and prepares and all that stuff. But this is mind-blowingly beyond. Forty-two-year-old Pujols, drafted before some 2022 teammates were born, hit two homers Sunday in the Cardinals’ most important game of the season.</p><p>The first Busch Stadium blast went to Big Mac Land. The second homer, with the Cardinals up 3-2 in an airtight bottom of the eighth, felt like a walk-off. The three-run shot essentially won the game against the Brewers — and thus won the series against the Brewers — who leave St. Louis 1½ games back of the Cards for the NL Central lead and wondering just what year it is.</p><p></p><p>Sunday’s game, with the divisional ramifications, was an event. And Albert was the show.</p><p>“We’ve got guys in the dugout getting goosebumps,” winning pitcher Miles Mikolas said. “As good of a player as he is now and as good as he’s been hitting lately, to remember he has been doing it forever, since I was in elementary school probably, is crazy.</p><p></p><p>“He’s not coasting into the Hall of Fame at all. He’s going to kick down that door.”</p><p>After the game on the Fourth of July, Pujols’ OPS was .604. After Sunday’s 6-3 win, Pujols’ OPS is up to .784. That’s like a regular starter’s OPS.</p><p>Against lefties, it’s 1.048. Against lefties, Albert Pujols hits like he’s Albert Pujols.</p><p></p><p>We are witnessing theater of the absurd.</p><p>He’s not supposed to still be this good, right?</p><p></p><p>Since the All-Star break, he’s hitting .389 in 36 at-bats, with four homers and 10 RBIs in 13 games.</p><p>Pujols still pulverizes baseballs with astonishing force.</p><p>His off-of-Lidge-like homer in the eighth inning went 443 feet — the second-farthest homer by any player at Busch this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1783716, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-albert-pujols-like-a-stephen-curry-took-over-cardinals-biggest-game/article_14641f8a-4afe-579c-925d-0881ad25e9d5.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman']Benjamin Hochman[/URL] At this point, the only way to explain it is to concede it’s inexplicable. Yes, Albert Pujols still trains very hard and practices and prepares and all that stuff. But this is mind-blowingly beyond. Forty-two-year-old Pujols, drafted before some 2022 teammates were born, hit two homers Sunday in the Cardinals’ most important game of the season. The first Busch Stadium blast went to Big Mac Land. The second homer, with the Cardinals up 3-2 in an airtight bottom of the eighth, felt like a walk-off. The three-run shot essentially won the game against the Brewers — and thus won the series against the Brewers — who leave St. Louis 1½ games back of the Cards for the NL Central lead and wondering just what year it is. Sunday’s game, with the divisional ramifications, was an event. And Albert was the show. “We’ve got guys in the dugout getting goosebumps,” winning pitcher Miles Mikolas said. “As good of a player as he is now and as good as he’s been hitting lately, to remember he has been doing it forever, since I was in elementary school probably, is crazy. “He’s not coasting into the Hall of Fame at all. He’s going to kick down that door.” After the game on the Fourth of July, Pujols’ OPS was .604. After Sunday’s 6-3 win, Pujols’ OPS is up to .784. That’s like a regular starter’s OPS. Against lefties, it’s 1.048. Against lefties, Albert Pujols hits like he’s Albert Pujols. We are witnessing theater of the absurd. He’s not supposed to still be this good, right? Since the All-Star break, he’s hitting .389 in 36 at-bats, with four homers and 10 RBIs in 13 games. Pujols still pulverizes baseballs with astonishing force. His off-of-Lidge-like homer in the eighth inning went 443 feet — the second-farthest homer by any player at Busch this season. [/QUOTE]
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