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Originally Posted by plthijinx
WTF was Garner thinking to pitch to Pujols anyway?
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He was thinking "You know, I really don't want to intentionally put the go-ahead run on base and walk the tying run into scoring position."
Pujols is undeniably dangerous, but he's not a machine; he had every chance of dribbling one to shortstop instead of launching it halfway to New Mexico. With a top-notch closer on the mound, Garner trusted his pitcher, and this time he hung the wrong slider to the wrong guy. It's baseball, it happens.