Tuesday, October 18, 2005

One quick though on the Pujols homer

People are throwing around words like "Greatest non-World Series playoff homer ever" to describe Pujols homer. I think we need to wait on the hyperbole until the series is over. If the Astros win tomorrow is it greater than the Henderson homer in '86? Nope. Is it greater than David Ortiz's Game 4 homer against the Yankees last year? Nope. If the Cards win the series, then we're talking. We're talking because it would be such a momentum swing against one of the game's best closers, a pitcher that's been almost unhittable in the playoffs the last two years, especially against the Cards. Because everyone expected him to do it and he still did it. But it only goes there if the Cardinals win the next two games.