My favorite Albert Pujols moment! What’s yours?I remember sitting with my roommates watching this game. I said better not let Pujols hit. They’re rooting for Houston and when he hit his home run, I jumped out of the chair and started screaming.

My favorite Albert Pujols moment! What’s yours?
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  1. Also one of my favorites. My dad made me go to bed moments before this happened so I missed it…. heard him screaming in his bedroom and told me to come quick lol. Got to see the replay at least and stay up for the rest of the game…. 😁

  2. Other then him hitting number 700 I would have to say his first home run back as a member of the cardinals I was at that game and it was magical seeing that

  5. So many, but I loved his at-bat in the Game 6 2011 WS bottom of the 9th. Such a tense situation, he’s 0 for his last 10, but he’s first pitch swinging on a low and away 97mph fastball for a standup double to get the rally going. Just the best.

  6. June 2011, Albert hit walk off homers in back to back games and I was at both. It was awesome.

  9. That one is pretty great. But I’d have to either go with 700 (it was on my birthday) or 702 because I got to see it in person.

  10. I remember right where I was when I watched this. I’ve always loved seeing that team get dunked on.

  11. I remember the next day one of my classmates asked my biology/homeroom teacher if he saw this or if he had turned the game off at that point and my teacher seemed genuinely offended that one of his students would accuse him of being a fair weather fan

  13. My only time at Wrigley I saw Pujols hit a home run and the woman next to me kinda huffed and shake her head. Cub fan. Then he hit a second one and she was getting upset. When he hit the third one she got up and left. It was great.

  14. When he took the high road after Nyjer Morgan’s baiting insults, crushed the Brewers in the 2011 playoffs with a slew of extra-base hits, and subtly mocked his “beast mode” when Nyjer flopped in the outfield.

  18. I saw that game in Houston. Man, that place was rocking loud. Albert hit that shot and total stunned silence as he rounded the bases. Classic Pujols. Coming up big on the biggest stage.

  19. Anyone have the projected distance on that? Is it still in orbit? This is the single greatest swing of the millenium to date

  21. Not sure the game or even specific season, but that one catch he had where he ran on the rolled up tarp in foul territory was nuts

  22. Never saw a crowd quiet down faster than when he hit that homer off Lidge 😆 🤣

  23. Pujols deflated the air out of that stadium w that bomb – in his Prime he was Beast mode constantly – 700 dingers w a 300 average – hot damn – gimme Griffey and Pujols and Bo Jackson on the same team please.

  24. The best part wasn’t even the home run. It was that he just ran at a good pace around the bases, no trotting or bat flips or dumb antics. He dominated and played it cool.

  25. Home opener 2006. First game in Busch III. I was 23, me and a few buddies paid $200 a pop for standing room only. We camped out behind the left field bleachers most of the game.

    My little brother, 18, went with my dad and 2 clients in his company seats. Little bro calls me after the second inning cause dad wouldn’t buy him a beer in front of clients. So he came to meet us and get a beer.

    I’m getting back to our group with our two 32 oz beers when Albert launches an absolute piss missile clear over the bleachers. In my head it made sense to not drop $22 of beer to catch it so it bounced off my wrist into my brother’s hands. I didn’t immediately process that this was the first Cardinals home run hit in Busch III and was very valuable.

    Reality soon kicks in and we all circle my brother like Secret Service agents and have him stuff the ball in his pocket, ready to reign blows on any comers.

    There was a media swarm pretty quickly after that. I called our dad and told him to get down here, little bro just caught that home run. Then the director of season ticket sales came and introduced himself and asked us to watch the rest of the game in his suite. The team really wanted that ball for the team HOF museum. We all went and negotiated. Said that we assumed we were getting season tickets since he was the first guy from the club to find us. When he said no, season tickets were already sold out, we said ok. How about one of those Mustang convertibles everyone rode in on. He laughed that one off too even though we were dead serious. He said he’d like to have us come down to the locker room after the game, and he’d get Albert to sign a bat or jersey or whatever.

    We politely enjoyed the rest of the game in his club suite, but told him we were gonna take the ball home and think about it.

    My dad was on the board of a charity that Stan Musial hosted a golf tournament for every year. So he called Stan’s business manager who knew the exact right high end memorabilia auction site to list it on. It sold for about $18,000. Auction house commission was 15%, so he cleared about 15k.

    I realize I just doxxed myself and brother for anyone wanting to do a google deep dive. But whatever, I don’t care if y’all know my name, cause it’s by far my favorite baseball game experience and I haven’t heard anyone with a better story.

    We think Bill Suntrup was likely the buyer. He called my parents house before the auction and offered 10k. But it was an anonymous auction so could’ve been someone else. It wasn’t the Cardinals cause it’s not in the team HOF museum in Ballpark Village.

  26. This was definitely my favorite Andy Pettite moment watching him say “Oh my god” when he hit that.

  27. I saw him hit his 2999th hit at the Big A.

    My favorite moment was, when he was hobbled with plantar fasciitis and could barely run, he took an extra base off of Yasiel Puig when Puig got lackadaisical in the outfield.

  28. Easter Sunday 2006 when he hit 3 bombs, including a walkoff. It was my first game at Busch III, and I’ll never forget it.

  31. One moment that always sticks in my mind is him surrendering the force out at first to throw out the lead runner at third base in the 2011 series against the Phillies. Never seen a play like it before or since from a first baseman. One of the most underrated defenders ever and at his peak the best defensive first baseman I’ve ever seen: https://youtu.be/7YKFpDJE2yU?si=ZG5Rq7jeLMGNvtG9

  32. When he broke the Big Mac Land sign at Busch against the Cubs with a homer. I was there for that one.

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