And it just kept going. He kept hitting postseason home runs against Hall of Fame top shelf pitching.... Justin Verlander was another notch in his belt. I believe he also got one off Clayton Kershaw.
Even though I’m a lifelong Dodger fan, this guy is the reason I love the game of Baseball, and seeing him get a victory lap back in St. Louis to try to pass A-Rod and maybe get 700 is a very beautiful thing 🙏
Uhh he's gonna suck tbh as a lifelong Cardinals fan. Total cash grab by ownership. He's been legitimately bad since 2016. Basically everyone on the roster is a better option at DH.
@@HeismanHerbo needlessly rooting for him to kill every rally with a double play ground out doesn't seem like it's worth the send off. He's a shell and a downright bad baseball player in every single facet at this point.
@@peterwilson4865 who pissed in your cereal? It’s only one year buddy, and you of all people shouldn’t be shitting on a legend who helped you get two rings. Unless you’re trying to sound like an ungrateful little kid
It gives me goosebumps every time I watch The Machine bat in his final year. I find myself standing in my own living room in front of the TV watching him hit - it's crazy. Thanks for all the memories, Albert.
@@esportshighlights2457 One post-season HR in an Angels uniform. You don't think this highlight reel would have easily been an hour long had he been on a contender for the last decade? Like a team that played more than one series in a whole decade.
This 45 minute video demonstrates two things. How great Pujols is. And the advantages of playing for a very good franchise like the Cardinals was... New contract... PS HR... 10 years later. Back to STL
My dad was at the Lidge game. One out away from the city's first World Series. In 1/100th of a second it went from the loudest building on earth to the quietest. So ghoulishly quiet allegedly people in the front 5 rows could hear Alberts cleats jogging in the infield clay it was that dead silent.
Unlike Barry bonds, Albert pujols was a superstar all the time, not just in the regular season. Barry didn't turn it on till his last postseason or two, and he needed steroids to do that. That's why I respect Albert above all the other goats in our era
Albert was the commensurate ambassador for baseball both on and off the field. He's the best, period. Proud to wear Cardinals gear anywhere on the planet!!!
I will always remember the 3 homerun World Series game… I was in a parking lot and it was playing on a projector and no one was paying attention to the craft fair or whatever was going on at the highschool
The 3 HRs against the Rangers was one of my best baseball experiences. My son and I were sitting in a. bar in LA with our Cardinals hats on with about 30 Rangers fans. When Albert came up with 2 men on and the score 8-6 they all said, "Walk him". They said the same thing before his 2nd and 3rd homers, then left the bar.
18:00 - Loved Thom Brenaman's call here 0-1 to Pujols...In the air....left field! And Pujols has given St. Louis the lead! A dramatic, towering, three-run home run! Stunned in disbelief here in Houston!
Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds were major reasons why Pujols got so many pitches to hit. They were truly the MV3 of the Cardinals during their mid-2000's run.
But Rolen was starting to break down in 04 and 06, especially 06 when he was infamously benched in game 2 against the Mets and led to the rift between Rolen and LaRussa that never healed.
This guy was born to hit ,I don't think it's gonna matter with that eye hand coordination and that swing. McGwire and LaRussa knew pretty quickly ,and once he was called up he never went back down,the great of the greats it always sounds a little different and looks a little different the first game I saw him play Televised i saw it, I was like "where in the hell did they find this dude?? Look at that swing and patience and he's a damn rookie? If you watched alot of ball it was noticeable he was different
The fact he has almost 50 minutes of Postseason home runs is telling of how damn good his career has been. It's been a joy seeing him dominate left handed pitching in 2022 and try to get 700.
Maybe the only one! This tank stunk it up for 8 of his 10 year 250 MILLION contract with us. How many rallies did he kill by either hitting into DP's or grounding out due to his plodding "running"....dude's as done as last nights cold pizza
@@kendallevans4079 looking back it was terrible fit for him. The angels main issue was the pitching which was terrible 9-10 years he played there the only exception 2014.
@@kendallevans4079 Yeah, Opening Day was pretty rough. He scorched the ball but went 0-5. He did get on base twice on Pirates errors, but was immediately erased on a fielder's choice both times. At least he's platooning with Dickerson.
It was fun to watch this. He is pretty hot right now and I hope he gets to 700, but that's not what he's about. I'm sorry to see this vid end with the World Series in 2011, and no more, but I then remembered that he went to play for the Angels. People say that they wasted Mike Trout and they are wasting Shohei Ohtani, but they forget that they wasted Albert's time too when he was there.
Ya know its hard to summarize just how DOMINANT Pujols has been for his career, but having NEARLY AN HOUR OF POST SEASON DINGERS is a pretty good starting point
@@Jacobthekid28 I'm saying having Pujols in his prime worked out for the Cardinals, and their "way" stopped working after he left, if we're talking about WS titles. I wouldn't say the Angels had Pujols in his prime.
@@Jacobthekid28 I'm not talking about Trout, though. Nor the Angels. I'm talking about Albert Pujols in his prime. You may want to double check the thread... your response is a bit straw man-y.
@@BJuice-he3ox Yeah and I'm saying that the Cardinals were better off without him after 2011. There isn't much we could have done to replace him. You also have to remember that the 2013 team was the best Cardinals team in recent history when it comes to run differential and they obviously didn't have Pujols in the lineup.
Pujols only had 1 homerun for the Angels in the playoffs the entire time he was there? Is that correct? If it is I bet ol Arte Moreno is kicking himself. Paid the dude for 10/$240 mil for 1 playoff homerun. Sheeesh
That was the only time the Angels made the postseason since signing Pujols before the 2012 season. Pujols broke down physically and the Angels never had good pitching. Mike Trout could only do so much, similar to Jordan w/o Pippen, etc., but those Bulls teams at least made the playoffs.
Can Pujols pass Ruth for regular season and postseason combined homeruns? Ruth has 729, Pujols 719. Pujols has 10 regular season games left, and if the cardinals go deep in the postseason could have 12-17 postseason games. So 22-27 games to do it.
I mean it’s a cool video title but he only has 19 playoff home runs it’s not crazy or anything. Though he did have 3 in ONE WORLD SERIES GAME, and he was already on the decline at that point tbh.
The video would have been twice as long if he would have stayed with the Cardinals the whole time. The Angels only made the playoffs once while he was there.
Pujols turned minute maid park into a library when he hit the homerun off of Lidge.
I love the footage of Andy Pettite in the dugout looking up and saying, "Oh my G-d!"
@@saverioman When Albert Pujols destroyed the pitch in the 2005 NLCS I instantly thought of Hall of Fame baseball voice Jack Buck
Here's no you like àll😄
I was in prison watching this game.....had never heard a day room dead silent til that moment
no joke!
First Postseason homer against one of the greatest pitchers of all time? Nice
And it just kept going. He kept hitting postseason home runs against Hall of Fame top shelf pitching....
Justin Verlander was another notch in his belt. I believe he also got one off Clayton Kershaw.
@@paysonfox88 Clayton Kershaw Was Being Nice To Him And Gave Him An Pitch That He Could Crush
He's back! For one more season! The Machine.
He should have never left
The machin
I hope he reaches 700 Home Runs.
I'm in my late 30's and his quest for 700 makes me feel like I did when I loved baseball as a kid.
@@marcosperez3151he did😊
The one on Lidge. All time favorite.
I remember screaming in the middle of the night waking up everybody in my house
Lidge needed to throw the second pitch just like the first pitch he threw to Pujols. 🤣🤣🤣
It's still flying.
absolute goat...the fact that there is 47 minutes worth
Even though I’m a lifelong Dodger fan, this guy is the reason I love the game of Baseball, and seeing him get a victory lap back in St. Louis to try to pass A-Rod and maybe get 700 is a very beautiful thing 🙏
You probably hate Fernando TATIST SR. Don't ya.
Uhh he's gonna suck tbh as a lifelong Cardinals fan. Total cash grab by ownership. He's been legitimately bad since 2016. Basically everyone on the roster is a better option at DH.
@@peterwilson4865 whining about it won’t get him out of the lineup you know
@@HeismanHerbo needlessly rooting for him to kill every rally with a double play ground out doesn't seem like it's worth the send off. He's a shell and a downright bad baseball player in every single facet at this point.
@@peterwilson4865 who pissed in your cereal? It’s only one year buddy, and you of all people shouldn’t be shitting on a legend who helped you get two rings. Unless you’re trying to sound like an ungrateful little kid
The machine!!!!
The machin
Thank you for this. Now that Albert’s retired, I’ll enjoy videos like this as image.
2 Rings . Goated Nuff Said.
"So bloody sweet, huh"
Lil Bit 😻
Saw this too 🤣
The HR off Lidge will live in my head and heart forever
the best to play baseball. he is the goat of his era.
This is heaven sent, thank you thank you
Good times!
It gives me goosebumps every time I watch The Machine bat in his final year. I find myself standing in my own living room in front of the TV watching him hit - it's crazy. Thanks for all the memories, Albert.
16:07 that is what a lot of us are looking for
Comeback player of the year. MVP. And the season hasn't even started yet.
The fact that there's 47 minutes in this video just goes to show how good he is
This video could have easily been an hour. Instead, not a single clip of him in an Angels uniform here.
@@esportshighlights2457 One post-season HR in an Angels uniform. You don't think this highlight reel would have easily been an hour long had he been on a contender for the last decade? Like a team that played more than one series in a whole decade.
This 45 minute video demonstrates two things. How great Pujols is. And the advantages of playing for a very good franchise like the Cardinals was... New contract... PS HR... 10 years later. Back to STL
And Pujols Is Chasing 700
What an awesome video…brings back a lot of memories
Best latino right handle of all time. HOF🔜
Couldn't help noticing how young Albert and LaRussa looked in that 2001 clip.....
21 years ago. That clip can legally drink now.
That ball he hit off of Brad Lidge still hasn’t landed yet. What a bomb that was!
👑ALBERT#5 .. ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN MLB ⚾ HISTORY ..
Favorite player of all time. Easily one of the greatest hitters the games ever seen. Gotta enjoy this last year with him back home!
20:20 the main man.. sir chris Duncan getting on base in front of the big man.. will always miss hearing his voice on the radio🥺
Dunk had some big home runs him self. He'll be missed
My dad was at the Lidge game. One out away from the city's first World Series. In 1/100th of a second it went from the loudest building on earth to the quietest. So ghoulishly quiet allegedly people in the front 5 rows could hear Alberts cleats jogging in the infield clay it was that dead silent.
As a Houston citizen who's in love with the cards... That hit was crazy. We call that the day Lidge was changed forever 😂
My uncle was there, too. He said one moment he has his fingers in his ears, the next he can hear the Cardinals celebrating in the dugout!
Unlike Barry bonds, Albert pujols was a superstar all the time, not just in the regular season. Barry didn't turn it on till his last postseason or two, and he needed steroids to do that. That's why I respect Albert above all the other goats in our era
@@paysonfox88 Albert In His Prime Was An Demigod
Albert was the commensurate ambassador for baseball both on and off the field. He's the best, period. Proud to wear Cardinals gear anywhere on the planet!!!
I will always remember the 3 homerun World Series game… I was in a parking lot and it was playing on a projector and no one was paying attention to the craft fair or whatever was going on at the highschool
The 3 HRs against the Rangers was one of my best baseball experiences. My son and I were sitting in a. bar in LA with our Cardinals hats on with about 30 Rangers fans. When Albert came up with 2 men on and the score 8-6 they all said, "Walk him". They said the same thing before his 2nd and 3rd homers, then left the bar.
My new favorite video.
You ever hear the air completely leave a building all at once? 18:01
18:00 - Loved Thom Brenaman's call here
0-1 to Pujols...In the air....left field! And Pujols has given St. Louis the lead! A dramatic, towering, three-run home run! Stunned in disbelief here in Houston!
Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds were major reasons why Pujols got so many pitches to hit. They were truly the MV3 of the Cardinals during their mid-2000's run.
But Rolen was starting to break down in 04 and 06, especially 06 when he was infamously benched in game 2 against the Mets and led to the rift between Rolen and LaRussa that never healed.
This guy was born to hit ,I don't think it's gonna matter with that eye hand coordination and that swing. McGwire and LaRussa knew pretty quickly ,and once he was called up he never went back down,the great of the greats it always sounds a little different and looks a little different the first game I saw him play Televised i saw it, I was like "where in the hell did they find this dude?? Look at that swing and patience and he's a damn rookie? If you watched alot of ball it was noticeable he was different
The fact he has almost 50 minutes of Postseason home runs is telling of how damn good his career has been. It's been a joy seeing him dominate left handed pitching in 2022 and try to get 700.
Thanks for posting man! I had a hard time finding any of these I forgot he hit 1 with the Angels
Maybe the only one! This tank stunk it up for 8 of his 10 year 250 MILLION contract with us. How many rallies did he kill by either hitting into DP's or grounding out due to his plodding "running"....dude's as done as last nights cold pizza
@@kendallevans4079 looking back it was terrible fit for him. The angels main issue was the pitching which was terrible 9-10 years he played there the only exception 2014.
@@kendallevans4079 As a Cardinals fan, all I can say is thanks for taking that $250 million bullet for us.
@@benn454 You are welcome. Good luck in 2022. You might get 4-5 garbage time dingers and a whole lot of crying why I'm not playing more!
@@kendallevans4079 Yeah, Opening Day was pretty rough. He scorched the ball but went 0-5. He did get on base twice on Pirates errors, but was immediately erased on a fielder's choice both times. At least he's platooning with Dickerson.
I feel like I can see the strike zone even when it wasn’t there in the older footage
Thanks for this, some of these I haven't seen
The Fox Graphics during mid 2000's hit different
Pujols has hit 700 homeruns
el mejor pelotero latino sin ningún tipo de dudas...
One of the best all time players, The Machine
I love you for this
When he gets to 700, he will be the one of 2 players in mlb history to hit 700 home runs 3000+ hits.
The fact that this clip is 47 fucking minutes long tells you what you need to know
he's really good at hitting post season home runs in the state of Missouri lol
"He's been hot for 11 years...." - Tim McCarver
LEGEND!!!
If he wouldn’t have left the Cardinal’s, he’d easily be at 800 home runs right now.
Easily
The Angels ruin everything they touch. They should stop calling themselves an LA team. They think the city with their association.
It was fun to watch this. He is pretty hot right now and I hope he gets to 700, but that's not what he's about. I'm sorry to see this vid end with the World Series in 2011, and no more, but I then remembered that he went to play for the Angels. People say that they wasted Mike Trout and they are wasting Shohei Ohtani, but they forget that they wasted Albert's time too when he was there.
18:02 Albert pujols “I’m gonna end this man’s whole career” 🤣 fatality
except that isn’t even close to what happened
@@BKONDOR1 I didn’t mean it literally
Lidge closed out a World Series a few years later. I think he was even perfect in saves that year. But he was never the same with the Astros.
@@BKONDOR1 He almost ended his career. Took Lidge until 08 & a new team (Phillies) to recover.
42:40 🤔🤔🤔🤔
6:36 Chris Meyers with the savage shot at celebrities. What a hero.
39:22 Tim McCarver's "oh my god..."
Whos watching after he hit 700?
Albert GoatJols
"The collective intake of breath turned this place into a vacuum..." Dude, it went so quiet you could hear a cockroach fart.
I love the fact this shows "The Bomb" off Lidge in the 05 NLCS
6:42 LMAO
Ya know its hard to summarize just how DOMINANT Pujols has been for his career, but having NEARLY AN HOUR OF POST SEASON DINGERS is a pretty good starting point
Let’s go Cardinals! 👏👏 👏👏👏 Let’s go Cardinals! 👏👏 👏👏👏
Nolan Ryan has to have nightmares of Pujols (executive for the Astros in 04/05 and the Rangers in 11.)
46 min of Cardinals highlights
Missing from the video is a home run he hit in the 2002 NLCS.
I believe I am missing a couple if I’m not mistaken. I had trouble finding all of them.
@@12MattyMo No problem. I enjoyed watching it anyway.
Uno de los mejores peloteros
3:35 - Anyone else try to swipe up on that notification thinking it was coming from your phone? Lol…
3x MVP Goat Mike Trout was a grand total of ONE postseason home run.
@Lighthouse in the Storm Which is the appearance at the end of this video also.
Don’t ignore BFI
He's the man in st Louis.
That 3 homer game in the 2011 World Series was NUTS
18:00 talk about a momentum change...
15:57 not sure I've ever seen a more obvious take in a big situation from Edmonds here
You know you had an amazing career when your postseason home runs video is 48 minutes long.
Pool holes can hit.
Do you have a Altuve reel?
its crazy to see how his stance changed from early on his career to now
"He's been hot for 11 years" lmaoooo
"The Cardinal Way" just doesn't seem to work without him in his prime.
It didn't work out for the Angels either. They can still get Trout a ring but the Pujols and Trout era only led to one playoff appearence.
@@Jacobthekid28 I'm saying having Pujols in his prime worked out for the Cardinals, and their "way" stopped working after he left, if we're talking about WS titles. I wouldn't say the Angels had Pujols in his prime.
@@BJuice-he3ox They had/have Trout in his prime though which I would argue has rivaled Pujols' production.
@@Jacobthekid28 I'm not talking about Trout, though. Nor the Angels. I'm talking about Albert Pujols in his prime. You may want to double check the thread... your response is a bit straw man-y.
@@BJuice-he3ox Yeah and I'm saying that the Cardinals were better off without him after 2011. There isn't much we could have done to replace him. You also have to remember that the 2013 team was the best Cardinals team in recent history when it comes to run differential and they obviously didn't have Pujols in the lineup.
He only played 3 postseason games and hit a home run in his Angels 9 years...
Redbirds
😊 love seeing them beat the Dodgers 😂😊
42:40 So bloody sweet, huh?
Pujols hits a HR!
Joe Buck: … Bueller… Bueller.
6:36 😂
Old Bush stadium
Pujols only had 1 homerun for the Angels in the playoffs the entire time he was there? Is that correct? If it is I bet ol Arte Moreno is kicking himself. Paid the dude for 10/$240 mil for 1 playoff homerun. Sheeesh
Facts and the Angels couldn’t make the postseason at that. Last time they were in it was the Royals title run I think
That was the only time the Angels made the postseason since signing Pujols before the 2012 season. Pujols broke down physically and the Angels never had good pitching. Mike Trout could only do so much, similar to Jordan w/o Pippen, etc., but those Bulls teams at least made the playoffs.
Poor Astros
First pitcher ever with PTSD @18:02
Can Pujols pass Ruth for regular season and postseason combined homeruns? Ruth has 729, Pujols 719. Pujols has 10 regular season games left, and if the cardinals go deep in the postseason could have 12-17 postseason games. So 22-27 games to do it.
He's gotta be the dumbest person alive for leaving STL alone. 3 post season games with the angels. He would be so far ahead if he stayed.
3:37 BFI sent you a message
That ball Pujols hit off Lidge still hasn't landed.😅
I mean it’s a cool video title but he only has 19 playoff home runs it’s not crazy or anything. Though he did have 3 in ONE WORLD SERIES GAME, and he was already on the decline at that point tbh.
Casual fans: "Pujols is not as good as ____, because he has 5 less career regular season home runs."
Pujols killed my team (#Reds) for ten years and I have nothing but respect for him.
Kind of sad theres only one homerun in the postseason with the Angels. Just tells you how bad they really are
8:48~ 元巨人のミセリおて草
Nice catch!
😊image if he stayed on the Cardinals
The video would have been twice as long if he would have stayed with the Cardinals the whole time. The Angels only made the playoffs once while he was there.
You can't shifted against albert