{"id":8810,"date":"2014-04-23T09:24:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2014-04-23T09:24:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T13:24:26","slug":"pujols-500th-home-run-ball-haul-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=8810","title":{"rendered":"Pujols 500th home-run ball haul: enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Too bad he probably goes into the HoF in an Angels uniform. Photo: unknown via fantasyknuckleheads.com<\/p><\/div>\n

As I watched soon-to-be-demoted-as-soon-as-Doug-Fister<\/strong>-can-return-please-hurry-back\u00a0Taylor Jordan<\/strong> give up the second moon-ball home run to\u00a0Albert Pujols<\/strong> on the night, I thought to myself, “wow, I wonder what i’d hold out for if I caught his 500th home run?”<\/p>\n

Here’s the answer, thanks to\u00a0Scott Allen<\/strong> and the DC Sports Bog on WP. \u00a0The guy who caught the ball is giving it back to Pujols for … nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now that I have a kid, I’m sure i’d want some cool stuff for his memory books. \u00a0I’d at least want a custom-message signed ball (that’s my goal one-day, to head up to cooperstown with a bunch of 50s and 100s in my pocket and hit the circuit of Hall-of-Famers on the signature series for custom-signed baseballs). \u00a0 In total,\u00a0I’d probably settle for some signed jerseys and baseballs and what not. \u00a0I mean, hey, that ball may have been worth thousands on the auction market, but its better karma to just return it to the hitter, right?<\/p>\n

Oh, and since this is a Nationals blog, supposedly focused on pitching, all I have to say about this team can be summed up in some bullet-points for now:<\/p>\n