“Today was my day”: Albert Pujols defining assertion with his career homerun number 684

“Today was my day”: Albert Pujols defining assertion with his career homerun number 684

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Albert Pujols is indeed one of the most steady-headed veterans who has had 22 wonderful years as MLBs most talented sportsman, although this time around there has been a few speculations surrounding Pujols’ start against a right-handed pitcher. Oliver Marmol, the St. Louis Cardinals manager has been considerate towards his team and has not played Albert Pujols in unfavorable instances.

This time around, Oliver Marmol did bet bottom dollar on Albert Pujols, in all likelihood one of the most handsome right-handed hitters the game has ever seen. In exchange Pujols did reward his manager by recording the 112th game of his career with three or more hits and one or more home runs.

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The Philadelphia Phillies must have felt unconquerable at one point when they lead 3-1 when the St. Louis Cardinals were not able to put up a contest. Stepped in Albert Pujols to electrify the Bosch Stadium. He dinged one 105 mph rocket that travelled, a Stat cast projected, 409 feet and hung in the air for 4.8 seconds. His 684th home run as a Major League Baseball player.

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Albert Pujols leads St. Louis Cardinals to victory with a spectacular 409 feet hit

Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols

“I was sitting up late [Saturday] night thinking, ‘Some stability from somebody who’s been there before, who understands what it looks like, could play in that line-up,’” said Oliver Marmol when Pujols carried the Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Phillies. “I’m glad he was able to come through the way he did.”

With this hit, Albert Pujols is only 12 hits away from the great Alex Rodriguez, he said in the post-match questionnaire, “Sometimes you look at the numbers and you don’t get a return, but I’ve been putting good swings on it. And sometimes they go out and sometimes they don’t, I think I hit this one better than I did on Friday [with a near home run]. Today was my day, and it went out of the ballpark.”

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Albert Pujols even added with respect to his manager Oliver Marmol, “It means a lot that [Marmol] has my back. There are going to be good times like today and some bad times. It means a lot that [Marmol] believes in me, and I know the guys in here believe in me, too. I don’t expect to play every day, but when I’m in there, I’ll give it everything I’ve got,”

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