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Pujols has something to strive for.Remembirds wrote: ↑July 8 22, 7:10 am60 years ago today, 41-year-old Stan Musial became the oldest player to hit three home runs in a game:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/04/15/ ... -the-mets/
I'm rooting for Pujols, but there's something really depressing about at-bats like last night where he gets a pitch out over the plate and he drives it, and you see him watch it fly and he looks so certain that he got it all, and you're certain it's a home run like you've seen him do a few hundred times before, and then it lands in the outfielder's glove in front of the warning track.CardsofSTL wrote: ↑July 8 22, 11:25 amPujols has something to strive for.Remembirds wrote: ↑July 8 22, 7:10 am60 years ago today, 41-year-old Stan Musial became the oldest player to hit three home runs in a game:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/04/15/ ... -the-mets/
Fun fact: the 142 HR they had that year was one shy of the franchise record.Remembirds wrote: ↑July 11 22, 7:15 amThe 1996 Cardinals weren't especially known for their power. But on July 12, they tied a 56-year-old franchise record with seven home runs against the Cubs at Wrigley Field:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/09/ ... -the-cubs/
Somewhere I still have an old style Cardinal hat like Forsch is wearing. They were the rage in 1976.Remembirds wrote: ↑July 12 22, 7:08 amOn this date in 1974, Bob Forsch threw a complete-game shutout against the Braves for the first win of his career:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/06/ ... areer-win/