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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1793655" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-a-new-bat-old-friends-and-timeless-magic-as-cardinals-albert-pujols-soars-to/article_9b26253f-eeee-5eee-9983-8f6af89c6de7.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>LOS ANGELES — In his first season as batboy for the visitors’ dugout at Dodger Stadium, Oscar Ramirez studies the arrangement of bats in the bat rack, so when one splinters at the plate he can swiftly greet the batter with two new ones. He wants to offer the hitter a choice.</p><p>In the third inning Friday night as Pujols walked back toward the dugout holding a bat fractured at the handle by a slider he smashed for a foul ball, Ramirez hustled onto the field with only one Marucci model AP5 for Pujols.</p><p>“It was in the heat of the moment,” Ramirez said. “It was crazy. I looked for the engraved ‘5’. There were two. Something told me go right. I went with the right bat.”</p><p></p><p>He handed the magician his wand.</p><p>With that familiar flair for timing and talent for giving the biggest stage his best show, Pujols’ next two swings – his first two swings of the evening with that bat – launched himself into the most exclusive club of hitters in Major League Baseball history. The pitch after breaking his bat, Pujols rocketed the 699th home run of his career. An inning later he lofted No. 700 into the bleachers at Dodger Stadium. Albert joins Babe, Hank, and Barry as the only members of the 700-homer club. He is the first Latin player to reach 700 and one of only two players ever with 700 homers, 3,000 hits, and 2,000 RBIs. Hank Aaron is the other.</p><p>As he started his 700th lap around the bases, Pujols looked elated, his arms outstretched toward his teammates and the “600” medallion he’s been wearing bobby against his chest. His latest and greatest gust of history came in the first game this season with all five of his children present to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1793655, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-a-new-bat-old-friends-and-timeless-magic-as-cardinals-albert-pujols-soars-to/article_9b26253f-eeee-5eee-9983-8f6af89c6de7.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] LOS ANGELES — In his first season as batboy for the visitors’ dugout at Dodger Stadium, Oscar Ramirez studies the arrangement of bats in the bat rack, so when one splinters at the plate he can swiftly greet the batter with two new ones. He wants to offer the hitter a choice. In the third inning Friday night as Pujols walked back toward the dugout holding a bat fractured at the handle by a slider he smashed for a foul ball, Ramirez hustled onto the field with only one Marucci model AP5 for Pujols. “It was in the heat of the moment,” Ramirez said. “It was crazy. I looked for the engraved ‘5’. There were two. Something told me go right. I went with the right bat.” He handed the magician his wand. With that familiar flair for timing and talent for giving the biggest stage his best show, Pujols’ next two swings – his first two swings of the evening with that bat – launched himself into the most exclusive club of hitters in Major League Baseball history. The pitch after breaking his bat, Pujols rocketed the 699th home run of his career. An inning later he lofted No. 700 into the bleachers at Dodger Stadium. Albert joins Babe, Hank, and Barry as the only members of the 700-homer club. He is the first Latin player to reach 700 and one of only two players ever with 700 homers, 3,000 hits, and 2,000 RBIs. Hank Aaron is the other. As he started his 700th lap around the bases, Pujols looked elated, his arms outstretched toward his teammates and the “600” medallion he’s been wearing bobby against his chest. His latest and greatest gust of history came in the first game this season with all five of his children present to see. [/QUOTE]
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