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Tuesday, October 18, 2005Albert "Hendu" PujolsNot really caring about the playoffs anymore, I didn't watch last night's game, but I did flip to it to see the score every once in awhile. One of those times happened to be with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning, with Eckstein and Edmonds on first and second and Albert Pujols (simply the best hitter in the game) facing Brad Lidge (arguably the best closer in the NL, if not the majors, this year). What I saw next was simply amazing. Lidge hung a slider right over the center of the plate. There was no doubt once it touched Pujols' bat that the ball was gone. But this ball wasn't just gone...it would have landed in the parking lot in most stadiums. Now the Astros have to face their history, as well as being in the same situation that the '86 Angels faced against the Red Sox: being 1 strike away from the World Series and then losing on a gut wrenching home run at home, only to be forced to travel back to their opponent's home for 2 games.
And Pujols' home run: WOW! Comments:I have never seen a harder hit, big-time clutch homer before. As Richard Justice said on PTI last night, that ball only travelled 412 feet because it became imbedded in the back wall of the building. If you only saw the Pujols homer, you missed a classic Eckstein at-bat as well. You just knew he wasn't going to strike out, even with two strikes. That at-bat is worth looking for if you can find it. |
