prince albert

It hardly seemed fair, leaving Busch Stadium, the Cardinals' venerable home of 30 seasons, to just stand there in downtown St. Louis without a proper send-off.

No confetti or standing ovations or thanks-for-everythings. For the first 26 2/3 innings of this National League Championship Series, it seemed the Houston Astros were on their way toward dismissing the Cardinals in shockingly quick fashion and clinching their first World Series berth in franchise history.

Two outs in the ninth. No one on base. Facing closer Brad Lidge.

But the Cardinals, who had looked so lifeless in Games 3 and 4, mounted an amazing rally that may wind up stunning the Astros into submission. St. Louis turned to slugger Albert Pujols, the only Cardinal, it seemed, who was successful against Astros pitching, to ensure that a late-night plane ride home was a happy one.

With two runners on base, Pujols clobbered an 0-1 pitch deep, deep, deep into the left-field stands, propelling the Cardinals to a thrilling 5-4 victory in Game 5 on Monday, and deflating a sellout crowd at Minute Maid Park. [ny times]

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2 Comments:

• not to carp (ha!), but it wasn't in the stands. it was way the hell OVER the stands. it would've left the building had it not hit the steel girder.

  By  June, at 1:12 PM   <$BlogItemControl$>

• and still i'm surprised the steel stopped it. :D

  By  lupe!, at 2:34 PM   <$BlogItemControl$>

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