Pujols Walkoff Ends 19-Inning Red Sox vs. Angels Baseball Marathon

Six hours and thirty one minutes after it started, Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols finally put an end to it.

On the 558th pitch of the Boston Red Sox/Angels game, Pujols hit a walk-off home run to send everyone in Anaheim, CA home happy.

Well, okay, at least the Angels fans.

Though we should mention while it technically ended the game, the marathon didn't end until the replay challenge by Boston manager John Farrell was squashed. Farrell claimed the ball was interfered with by a fan. But you can pretty clearly see it bounced off the top of the right centerfield wall.

For those of us on the East Coast, the game ended some time after 3 a.m...

The game winner from mlb.com:

The Confidence Of Fernando Rodney Backfires

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When Mariners closer Fernando Rodney does well, he pulls out an arrow from his quiver and sends a shot into the air celebrating his closing...

Only problem... when you pitch more than an inning, this can happen if you don't keep it up


Boom...

Karma...

Cespedes Has An Arm, By The Way...

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In one of the funnier round-robin retributions in recent memory in Major League Baseball, the A's and Angels did it again last night...

Mike Trout robbed Yoenis Cespedes of a home run.
Coco Crisp robbed Josh Hamilton of a home run.
And Cespedes decided to remind us all of the gun he has in left...

Thanks to Albert Pujols


Lesson here... Don't mess with Cespedes...

Pujols Joins 500HR Club

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Here's 499 for starters this evening against the Washington Nationals...


He would then hit 500 later in the game and become the first player to hit both HR's 499 and 500 in the same game...

More stats:

Pujols has the fourth highest career batting average in the 500 HR club behind Ted Williams, Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx
He is the 4th player to hit 500 HR within first 14 seasons of career joining McGwire, A-Rod, and Willie Mays
Pujols, at the age of 34, is the 3rd youngest to reach 500 home runs, trailing Alex Rodriguez and Jimmie Foxx- both were 32
Pujols also hit his 400th at Nats Park off Jordan Zimmerman

Hi, I'm Albert! And I'm Grover! Pujols Appears On Sesame Street

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The HQ really isn't going to comment on this...
You just have to watch for the educational and entertainment value...


Told you...

Jack Clark Fired Over Albert Pujols Steroid Allegations

((stltoday.com))

Okay...

Former St. Louis Cardinal player and now former St. Louis radio host Jack Clark was taken off the air after making allegations that former Cardinal and current Los Angeles Angel Albert Pujols took steroids.

The allegations appear to not be new. Clark appears to have made the references over several years before repeating them on the radio during his new radio shows first week.

He attributes the allegations to a former trainer of Pujols who he says told him that Pujols had been "Shot Up" multiple times.

Pujols for his part was tired of the allegations. So he made it public that he was going to file suit against Clark and his employer, WGNU Radio.

WGNU relieved Clark of his duties early Saturday morning.

You can read a detailed report of the back story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch RIGHT HERE

Why Clark continued and apparently continues to make the steroid allegations is unclear. However Pujols has never, to public knowledge, ever been considered a potential steroid user.

The whole thing sounds like some sort of beef between the two guys. In fact, you could make the argument Clark was trying to drum up ratings for his fledgling radio show which just launched August 1st.

Either way, the public dispute hasn't abated as Clark and the former trainer have been on TV telling their side of the story. The trainer, Chris Mihlfield denies ever saying it. Clark says he "Knows for a fact" Mihfield told him it was true.

---sigh---alb

Here's TJ Quinn discussing...
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