Did You Hear? …
Carlos Villanueva’s smack talk awoke a sleeping giant in St. Louis. Or so says Albert Pujols:
“I don’t care what a player does but when you start pointing to the dugout and saying all those things he was saying, a guy like me that respects the game, I didn’t like that and I let him know it,” said Pujols.
“He did us a favor. He woke up a sleeping giant. They beat us all year long. You don’t have to do something stupid like that. I respect the game. I wanted him to know I didn’t appreciate that.”
So that’s why the Cards had their ass handed to them all year by the Brewers — because Carlos Villanueva wasn’t rude enough until tonight. It’ll be easy for the national media to play along with Pujols’ words because of St. Louis’ rally, but I think it has more to do with the fact that he is awesome at baseball (and the Brewers’ bullpen is bad) than anything else.
Also, I love the holier-than-thou “respect the game” stuff Prince Albert. Keep it coming …