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Albert Pujols Is A Wrecking Ball
Albert Pujols Is A Wrecking Ball
It's not often that you knock one player out of the game, allbeit two in one inning. Well that's exactly what Albert Pujols did on Monday night against the Padres..... SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard were knocked out of Wednesday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals by Albert Pujols within a span of two batters. Pujols hit a line drive off ...
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Albert Pujols Will Put You in the Hospital. You Too Smartass!
Walkoff Walk — ... the most interesting thing about the entire organization, but now they have to deal with Albert Pujols' one-man wrecking crew taking out everyone in his path. To wit, via Awful Announcing: ...

Albert Pujols: Menace to Society
Babes Love Baseball — Not for those with the weak stomachs... Albert Pujols manages to knock both Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard out of the game Wednesday night in San Diego. For the record, I'm a huge fan of Pujols and happen to think he's a classy guy. Both incidences were unpredictable and without malice. HT to Awful Announcing and the beautiful Jen for the heads up.

The Nail in the Coffin: Your 2008 St. Lous Cardinals
Big League Stew — ... Isringhausen's closing career; Scientists not able to clone Albert Pujols quick enough PECOTA projection: 72 Current pace: 84 Moments in the Sun: Cardinals bullpen acquires handy cruising cooler, Rick Ankiel unleashes cannon twice in one game, Team proves Jeff Passan's first-week death notice wrong with 53-43 first half start Moments of Despair: Albert Pujols' strength finally hurts someone else, Yadier Molina steamrolled by opposing ...

The Nail in the Coffin: Your 2008 St. Louis Cardinals
Big League Stew — ... Isringhausen's closing career; Scientists not able to clone Albert Pujols quick enough PECOTA projection: 72 Current pace: 84 Moments in the Sun: Cardinals bullpen acquires handy cruising cooler, Rick Ankiel unleashes cannon twice in one game, Team proves Jeff Passan's first-week death notice wrong with 53-43 first half start Moments of Despair: Albert Pujols' strength finally hurts someone else, Yadier Molina steamrolled by opposing ...

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Thursday Injury Brief
disabledlistinformer.com 5/23/2008 — Chris Young was sent to the 15-day DL today as a result of the broken nose he received by way of an Albert Pujols line drive. He should be good to return to game action following the initial DL stint. As always, you simply must start everyone ...
PujOWNED
FanIQ.com 5/22/2008 — Video of Albert Pujols injuring Chris Young and Josh Bard.
Yardwork: Albert Pujols Will Destroy Your Battery Mates
thebiglead.com 5/22/2008 — TBL note to baseball fans: Don’t get drunk and slide down railings at games. It’s deadly. Cardinals 11, Padres 3: Albert Pujols lined a shot off Chris Young’s face in the 3rd inning, halting play for awhile and forcing us to ...
Adding Injury To Insult
friarforum.com 5/22/2008 — The Padres lost more than a ball game (11-3 Cards victory) and a series Wednesday night as in the span of 360 feet the Friars lost their battery of Young and Bard. In the top half of the 3rd inning a line drive off the bat of Albert Pujols hit CY square in the face and after a few minutes on the ground and a bloodied jersey later Young left the game to a standing ovation and a 2-0 lead. A few ...
ALBERT PUJOLS HURTS PEOPLE
withleather.com 5/27/2008 — Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols injured the Padres' pitcher and catcher in the span of two batters last night.  Pujols began with a line drive off the grill of Chris Young, breaking his nose and making his jersey into a Spray 'n Wash ...
How far Pujols’ San Diego shot really went
stltoday.com 5/23/2008 — TOWER GROVE — Like anybody else who saw Albert Pujols’ bolt to the fourth story of San Diego’s Western Metal Supply Co. building, Greg Rybarczyk felt it had to be a mammoth blast, one with the distance to match the reaction of the ...
A closer look at the carnage
gaslampball.com 5/22/2008 — Padres hurt some more as Pujols' liner breaks pitcher Young's nose "When I hit it, I thought it was going over his head," Pujols said. "But it hit him right in the face. "There was blood all over the place and I began to pray about it ...
Albert Pujols is a menaceGuyism » celebs
Albert Pujols took out two San Diego Padres players within a span of two batters last night. Pitcher Chris Young took a line drive to the grill off the bat of Pujols, while catcher Josh Bard was steamrolled at home plate just minutes later. No one messes with the Pooh. Witness... H/T: FanIQ
Beware: This Man Is Coming to Dodger StadiumSons of Steve Garvey
From " Pujols takes out Padres pitcher, catcher in third " at ESPN.com: San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard were knocked out of Wednesday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals by Albert Pujols within a span of two batters. Pujols hit a line drive off Young's face in the third inning, forcing the right-hander to leave the game. Young immediately fell on ...
Around the Horn - 5/22My Pinstripes
The Cardinals beat the Padres 11-3 last night, but the Padres are less concerned about the game itself. Albert Pujols was literally a one man wrecking crew. No, Pujols didn't hit 3 home runs or drive in a 7 runs. He just injured the Padres starting pitcher and catcher within a matter of minutes. The Padres had a 2-0 lead in the 3rd inning when Pujols hit a line drive off of the face of Padres ...
Albert Pujols Takes Out Two Padres in One InningKnuckle Curve
Check out this video of Albert Pujols injuring two San Diego Padres in one inning. First, Pujols lines a pitch off of Padres pitcher Chris Young’s face. Then Pujols slides into the leg of Padres catcher Josh Bard. While obviously Pujols didn’t try to injure either player, it was definitely a notable coincidence. Young was placed on the DL with an broken nose, while Bard was ...
Pujols Wears Out Padres’ BatteryThe Disabled List Informer
Albert Pujols put another dent in an already weak Padres lineup on Wednesday night, breaking pitcher Chris Young’s nose on a line drive in the 3rd inning. Later that inning, Pujols slid into home plate and clipped catcher Josh Bard’s left ankle. Obviously, neither of these injuries were intentional by Pujols. Young was taken to the hospital for further evaluation, while Bard ...
VIDEO: Pujols Injures Two Padres in One InningEveryJoe » Sports Rumors
If, for the rest of their lives, the San Diego Padres collectively break into a cold sweat whenever the name “ Albert Pujols ” is mentioned, no one will blame them. Pujols managed to knock two of ‘em out of the game in one inning. First, Chris Young suffered a pitcher’s nightmare–a line drive to the face. (Luckily he got only a cut and a broken nose). Then, ...
Padres Bit by Injury Bug, Again..MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED.
A few days after losing CY Young award winning pitcher Jake Peavy, the San Diego Padres lost their # 2 starter Chris Young, as well as catcher Josh Bard. Both players were injured in Wednesday’s loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Chris Young was hit in the face on a line drive off the bat of Albert Pujols. He did not seem to be in pain, surprisingly enough. His face was left quite ...
Albert Pujols is a Padres killer!Wax Heaven
This video is amazing. Albert Pujols, one of the greatest in the game put not one but two San Diego Padres on the 15-day disabled list in one single game, in the same inning! First he crushes a ball of pitcher Chris Young that shatters his nose and then later while sliding in at home plate to score a run sprains the ankle of catcher Paul Bard. As scary as the Pujols Legend has grown, ...
Cardinals Decide To Go Thug-LifeROFL Sports
Did you see what Pujols did to the Padres last night? Bad enough that they suck as badly as they do, but Pujols had to go and knock out 2 of their better players. Literally. First Pujols sent a line drive off of Chris Young’s face (!) and then he slid into catcher Josh Bard’s ankle trying to score. 2 Padres down. In the same inning! Have they been listening to 50 Cent ...
(Video) Albert Pujols: One Man Wrecking MachineBugs & Cranks
OUCH. As said on the video, other than dealing with nightmares of an Albert Pujols soft liner coming at his face, Chris Young should be fine. Not that a broken nose is any picnic, but at least you’re breathing… albeit through the mouth. Bard’s ankle looked like it was about to go Robin Ventura on us. Thankfully that’s not the case, although a trip to ...
Chris Young and Josh Bard, Victims of Pujols' Rampage, Are Headed to the Disabled ListFanHouse
Chris Young -- who you likely remember from yesterday's awkward encounter between his face and a baseball -- and San Diego catcher Josh Bard are headed to the disabled list as of today. If you watched what went down on Wednesday night, with Pujols accidentally taking both guys out of the lineup, you should not be surprised to see them sitting out for a while. But Bard's injury is more ...
Game 48 recap: Cardinals 11, Padres 3FriarBall
You just knew that when Chris Young took that line drive off his face and Josh Bard sprained his ankle two batters later (both courtesy of the play of Albert Pujols ), this just wasn't going to end well for us.
Young hit with liner in faceFantasy Sports
BY ADAM RONIS Padres starter Chris Young left the game in the top of the third inning after taking a line drive off the face from a ball hit by Albert Pujols . Young immediately went down and had blood rolling down his face. Young walked off on his own power holding a bandage to his face. He went 2 1/3 innings, allowing four hits, one walk and three runs.
Pujols adds insult to injurySerious Sports News Network
ST. LOUIS, MO — After injuring the San Diego Padres ‘ Chris Young and Josh Bard earlier this week, an emotional Albert Pujols called a press conference today – in an effort, most assumed, to apologize for his rampage. But the Cardinals first baseman showed he has a wicked curveball. “To the people of San Diego, I just want to say I’m sorry,” a teary Pujols ...
Someone tell Albert Pujols that he plays baseball… not hockeyHail Mary Jane
This is one of the craziest sequences I’ve seen in sports. First, Albert Pujols is up to bat and hits the ball off Chris Young’s face. It didn’t like look it felt good because blood started streaming down his face. That sucks. Then I guess Pujols felt like he didn’t take out enough Padres so as we was sliding into home plate, his foot got tangled up with the ...
Albert Pujols Is a Godless Killing MachineFoul Balls
Remember a few days ago when I told you about the debate we had in the FanHouse Google threads about which two players we would all want to start our own baseball franchise with? Well, Silvio and I were the only two who picked Albert Pujols, and we chose him because he's the greatest hitter alive right now. Another reason I'd want him on my team? Because he will take out everybody on the
Gems From the Net…WaitingForNextYear
Some interesting tidbits from around the Web, starting with a hilarious video staring Cleveland’s newest Cy Young winner. Scott found this one on Home Run Derby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOw0Z5Oo5w For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember another incident involving Sabathia and his ‘hidden talent’. Yes, I find this hilarious. Yes, I want that guy ...
Albert Pujols Seeks and ConquersJoeSportsFan.com
Last night at Petco Park, Albert Pujols lined a shot off Chris Young’s face in the 3rd inning, halting play for awhile and forcing us to wonder what would have happened had Pujols not reached for the pitch. Troy Glaus singled in Pujols minutes later, and in the process, Pujols took out catcher Josh Bard with a clean slide after Bard’s ankle folded over. To recap, the Padres have the worst ...
Someone Stop Albert Pujols Before He Kills AgainSPORTSbyBROOKS
Quoth Mitch Hedberg : “I played golf, I’m not good at golf, I never got good at it. I never got a hole in one, but I did hit a guy in one. And that’s way more satisfying.” Albert Pujols is good at baseball, but while he didn’t hit a home run against the San Diego Padres, he did hit Chris Young . And that might be satisfying if he didn’t result in him ...
The Dugout: A Class ActFanHouse
Special note for Fanhouse regulars: Today's Dugout is taken from a story that happened a few days ago, so if you're the type who can only process immediately new information please direct your attention to whatever shows up above this posting. Now! Earlier this week we learned an important lesson: If Albert Pujols hits a line drive into the middle of your face and it not only doesn't kill ...
Pujols knocks Young, Bard out of game (AP)Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard were knocked out of Wednesday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals by Albert Pujols within a span of two batters. Pujols hit a line drive off his Young's face in the third inning, ...
Young leaves after taking ball to faceMajor League Baseball News
Pitcher Chris Young left Wednesday's game in the third inning after being hit in the face by a line drive off the bat of St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols.
St Louis' Pujols puts two Padres on disabled listBoston.com -- Baseball News
San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard have been placed on the disabled list after being injured in separate incidents by St Louis slugger Albert Pujols, Padres manager Bud Black said on Thursday.
Young in good spirits after being struckMajor League Baseball News
On Thursday morning, Bud Black reached Chris Young who was doing fairly well considering he suffered a nasal fracture and laceration to the nose when Albert Pujols' line drive in the third inning hit him on the bridge of his nose.
Young exits after taking liner to the faceFOXSports.com News for MLB
Ryan Ludwick and Troy Glaus both drove in three runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Things continued to get worse for the last-place Padres, who lost pitcher Chris Young and catcher ...
Young and Bard of Padres leave game with injuriesBoston.com -- Baseball News
San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young and catcher Josh Bard were knocked out of Wednesday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals by Albert Pujols within a span of two batters.