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Albert Pujols Hits 400th Career Homer
Albert Pujols hit his 400th career home run Thursday night, becoming the 47th major league player to reach that milestone.
The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman cranked a 0-1 pitch from Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann over the center field fence at Nationals Park in the top of the fourth inning for his 34th homer of the season. The 30-year-old hit the milestone in his 1,523rd major league game, breaking a tie with Al Kaline and Andres Galarraga on the all-time list. Both of those sluggers retired sitting on 399 homers.
Pujols’ total ranks eighth among active players, with Andruw Jones next at 405. Every player ahead of Pujols on that list is at least three years older, so he should have plenty of time to keep chipping away at the statistical landmarks still to be conquered.
Perhaps most impressive about Pujols’ power to date in his career is the command of the strike zone that has always accompanied it. He is one of just 16 players in baseball history to have accumulated at least 400 homers while walking more times than he has struck out. Cardinals legend Stan Musial is also on that list.
Roy Oswalt St. Louis Cardinals Sights Thrown For a Loop
In 1969 when the Rolling Stones said, “You can’t always get what you want, and if you try sometime you might find you get what you need”, Roy Oswalt wasn’t even born but the timely lyrics are speaking directly to him today.
With only eight days remaining before the trade deadline, it’s looking more likely that this next week could be the last one Roy Oswalt spends pitching in a Houston Astros uniform. The Phillies have engaged in talks with the Astros about trading for the pitcher, and Oswalt would be willing to waive his no-trade clause to move north to Philadelphia.
Though it seems the Phillies aren’t his preferred destination. Oswalt has a definite preference, and that it appears to be the St. Louis Cardinals. Read More >>
Tweet your way into a Lawsuit
With social media being such a huge media focus it comes as no surprise that one of the now most popular viral platforms twitter is at the forefront of a lawsuit and inadvertantly the MLB.
The charade involves St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa which odley enough settled with a donation to his Animal Rescue Foundation – donations must pay better. The lawsuit came about because of postings to the ‘what are you up to’ philosophy of twitter under La Russa’s name and was filed last month in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco.
“With due respect to the man and his notable work, Mr. La Russa’s lawsuit was an unnecessary waste of judicial resources bordering on frivolous, ” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote in a post Saturday. “Twitter’s Terms of Service are fair and we believe will be upheld in a court that will ultimately dismiss Mr. La Russa’s lawsuit.”
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