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-- on ball three

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Cardinals Pujols takes a walk -- on ball three

April 30, 2007

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Cardinals' slugger Albert Pujols got a premature walk in the sixth inning of St. Louis' game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Pujols fell behind Brewers' starter and former teammate Jeff Suppan 0-2 before fouling off a pitch, taking two balls and fouling off another. He was awarded first base by home plate umpire Dan Iassogna after the next pitch.

Official scorer Tim O'Driscoll confirmed Pujols, who extended his hitting streak to nine with a single in the first, walked on the third ball of the at-bat.

It was St. Louis' first game since reliever Josh Hancock, 29, was killed shortly after midnight Sunday when his SUV struck the rear of a flatbed tow truck on a St. Louis highway.

The Cardinals' scheduled home game against Chicago on Sunday night was postponed.

I noticed this while watching this sad game. Probably the only amusing thing that happened tonight.

Albert, like the rest of the hitters, have really been pressing. When I saw the caption, I figured he'd lost track of the count and trotted down to first--and had gotten away with it.

Did the Brewers even dispute the thing?

I thought it was ball 3 when he flipped his bat, but when nobody reacted I just figured I lost track. That was weird.

Now I know what happened!

When I saw it live I was thinking, "wasn't that ball three?" But since they didn't say anything I figured that I was the one who had messed up the count.

Kyle wrote:When I saw it live I was thinking, "wasn't that ball three?" But since they didn't say anything I figured that I was the one who had messed up the count.

When did J.C. Louderback* become an umpire?








*ask the nearest Mizzou football fan if you don't know who he is.

I assume that's that referee from the Colorado game some years back?

Hungary Jack wrote:Did the Brewers even dispute the thing?

Nope. He started 0-2, saw a couple balls while fighting off a couple foul balls in-between, and when he tossed the bat back, and took off, no one reacted at all.

Jmodene wrote:I assume that's that referee from the Colorado game some years back?

Bingo.