“I don’t there’s a wrong one,” said president of baseball operations John Mozeliak. “Magic is magic.”
“Absolutely legendary,” said manager Oliver Marmol. “I’m not quite sure what we’re witnessing right now.”
But, perhaps the best two words were, “Thank you.”
Those two came from the lips of Samantha Brown, whose husband Matt, came up with Pujols’ 697th home run that had ricocheted off a couple of seats in right-center-field. It was a game-winner to cap a four-run ninth inning that gave the Cardinals a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday at PNC Park before a "crowd" of 10,398, which got to see a little bit of history.