Specific Albert Pujols home runs are burned into the brains of former Rockies pitchers. Here are four of those pitchers and their memories.
At age 42, in his swan song season with the Cardinals, Pujols entered the weekend only six home runs away from entering a baseball galaxy where few have ever soared. Only Barry Bonds , Henry Aaron and Babe Ruth have hit 700 home runs. Of Pujols’ 694 career homers, three came off of Fogg.
Pujols made his major league debut against the Rockies on April 2, 2001, at Coors Field. He was 21. He started in left field and was 1-for-3, getting his first big-league knock off Rockies left-hander Mike Hampton — a single to left field in the seventh inning. The Rockies won 8-0. Nevertheless, specific Pujols home runs are burned into the brains of Rockies pitchers. Following are four of those pitchers and their memories.OK, Fogg was a rookie pitching for the Pirates at the time, so this Pujols homer didn’t come when Fogg was wearing Colorado purple. But Pujols’ 60th career homer is too good a story to pass up.
In the third inning, Placido Palanco hit a one-out double, leaving first base open. So veteran Pirates catcher Jason Kendall signaled for Fogg to plunk Edmonds. The problem was that Edmonds dodged three inside fastballs. The benches and bullpens emptied but there were no punches thrown and there were no ejections. When some semblance of order was restored, Fogg threw ball four to intentionally walk Edmonds.
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