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Top 10 Powerful Home Runs In Baseball History

Scott Prather — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:03:00 +0000

Where were you on October 17th, 2005, when Albert Pujols jacked a three-rum homer in the top of the 9th of Game 5 of the NLCS against the Houston Astros? Steve Peloquin and Kevin Foote were crying (only for a day or so, as the Astros eventually won the Pennant and advanced to the World Series), as was Brad Lidge's soul. It was an iconic homerun in baseball history. Where does it ranked among the top 10?

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St. Louis Church Asks Bitter Cardinals Fans to Donate Albert Pujols Jerseys Instead of Burning Them

Kathy Landin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:25:19 +0000

There was much consternation in St. Louis last week after Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols made his way toward a glittering paycheck with the Los Angeles Angels that will pay him more than $250 million over the course of 10 years. While most residents of the angered city saw an opportunity to set fire to pricey MLB clothing, one church saw an opportunity to turn a negative into a positive.

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Pujols Leaves Cards, Agrees to Angels Contract

Jay Walker — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:11:18 +0000

Angels also land C. J. Wilson

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Top 50 MLB Free Agents

Scott Prather — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:34:21 +0000

With the 2011 MLB season now in the record books, the baseball world's attention shifts to free agency. This year's class includes some extremely big names. Who are the top 50 ranked free agents in baseball?

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Cardinals Win Thriller, Force Game 7

Scott Prather — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:10:14 +0000

The 2011 MLB World Series has had plenty of theatrics. Game 6 in St. Louis will go down in the history books. The Cardinals were down to their last strike twice Thursday night, only to win in 11 innings. David Freese hit the game-winning walk-off homerun to propel the Cardinals to a 10-9 victory over the Texas Rangers, forcing a decisive Game 7.

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Rangers Win Game 5, Lead Series 3-2

Scott Prather — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:03:24 +0000

The Texas Rangers are one win away from their first MLB World Series championship after winning Game 5 over the St. Louis Cardinals Monday night by the score of 4-2. Rangers catcher Mike Napoli had the hit of the game (pictured left) when he lined a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning. One inning later he made the defensive play of the game throwing out a would-be stealer as Albert Pujols struck out.

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Cardinals Win Game 1 Over Rangers 3-2

Scott Prather — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:33:59 +0000

The St. Louis Cardinals won Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night with an exciting 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. The play of the game came on a go-ahead pinch-hit single by Allen Craig in the bottom of the 6th. As they've done all postseason, the Cardinals bullpen was called on and delievered in glorious fashion.

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Pujols Could Be Back Tuesday

Jay Walker — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:19:38 +0000

St. Louis Cardinals superstar first baseman Albert Pujols was playing incredible baseball last month before he broke his left wrist. Some reports had Pujols missing up to 6 weeks. However, tomorrow is the first day he is eligible to return from the 15-day DL. Could he be in uniform when the Cardinals take the field tomorrow night?

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Tough Break: Cards' Pujols Out 4-6 Weeks

Jay Walker — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:19:02 +0000

St. Louis Cardinals' perennial All-Star Albert Pujols will miss 4-6 weeks after suffering a non-displaced fracture of his left forearm.

The announcement was made after X-Rays and a CT scan were performed earlier Monday.

Pujols was injured after he collided with Kansas City's Wilson Betem

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Pujols Or Fielder This Off-Season?

Steve Peloquin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:05:50 +0000

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will be a free at year's end, but so will Milwaukee Brewers first sacker Prince Fielder.

Considering Pujols will undoubtedly get a larger contract, is it possible that Fielder could actually be the better bargain?

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Zambrano Goes Ballistic – Calls Cubs "Embarassing"

Jay Walker — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:00:13 +0000

For the second time in two days, Albert Pujols beat the Chicago Cubs on a walk-off home run.

And Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano doesn't like it a bit.

Zambrano pitched seven innings on Sunday, allowing just one run on five hits

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Pujols Moves To Third Base…Again?

Scott Prather — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:33:19 +0000

Many baseball fans scratched their heads in confusion Monday night when it was announced that superstar Cardinal first basemen Albert Pujols would be playing at third. Actually, third base isn't anything new for the St. Louis slugger.

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Who Are The 32 Best MLB Players?

Scott Prather — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:18:39 +0000

Baseball beat writer and blogger Joe Posnanski released his latest list of the 32 best players in baseball. Who is number one?

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