Alberta Finds His Groove

Nyjer Morgan would be proud, if he were only here at Game 3 of the World Series.  But his team was the previous casualty of the St. Louis Cardinals juggernaut, who are plowing through Titanics like an iceberg in the night. 

"That's the second time he's done that."

Albert Pujols, or "Alberta" as Morgan had referenced him during the NLCS ages ago, cashed in his tickets at the World Series Whallopujolsza for three dingers, two singles, six rbi's and five runs as the Cardinals hammered the Rangers and took Game 3 from them, 16-7.

It was a splendid night for stat mongers who immediately hit the World Series record books to see Pujols tied Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson for homers in a game, now leads total bases in one game (14), and probably two or three other records that we struggle to overlook.  We missed both of Ruth's appearances in '26 and '28, and The Machine is no spectacle like Reggie Jackson was in '77, but on this night he was still suitably impressive. 

"They're doing fine without you, Blue."

Other than that, it was a bomb-fest, as starters for both teams got ran in their fourth innings, followed by a reliever pitching for two and the rest going for an inning each.  There was an inexplicably blown call in the fourth inning when first baseman Mike Napoli tagged the batsman running up the line but the runner was called safe.  While this officiating gaffe opened the gates for four Cardinal runs, there was a sense of destiny in this night, and frankly we found it refreshing to watch the Rangers get bludgeoned at their own game in their own ballpark.

"Get out...and work on that arm..."

During the game a fan threw a baseball onto the field in the general direction of the St. Louis left fielder as he was settling under a fly ball.  The catch was nonetheless completed and the fan and his party were removed from the stands, but not for fan interference, as the ball must be touched by a fan in order to call interference.  Simply throwing an object onto the field is grounds for dismissal but we attribute it to Texas pride and the offensively lame throw made by the fan.  We had never seen that before and hope to never see such a weak toss again from either team or any other fan.


We do hope we get seven games in the World Series this year. 

"If I can just...oh boy..."