June 4th, 2017 at 7:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka There’s a pretty good chance that the Dodgers exciting 10-8 come-from-behind win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon at Miller Park is one that Dodger fans will remember for a very long time. I mean, no sooner had the Dodgers relinquished their precarious 4-3 lead in the bottom half of the seventh inning on a grand slam by Brewers third baseman Travis Shaw off of to-this-point extremely effective Dodgers reliever Josh Fields (who inherited a one out bases loaded situation created by an extremely ineffective Chris Hatcher) when the Dodgers latest rock star – utility infielder / outfielder Chris Taylor – countered with a grand slam of his own with one out in the top of the ninth inning to give the Dodgers the eventual win.
But even though there is little doubt that many frustrated Dodger fans had turned off the game after Shaw’s slam, thereby completely missing Taylor’s second granny of the season, there was another grand slam hit on Saturday that pales those of Shaw or Taylor, or those hit by Ian Desmond (Rockies), Kyle Schwarber (Cubs), Matt Adams (Braves) and Mike Zunino (Mariners). It was the one hit by future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols – the 600th home run of his remarkable 17-year MLB career – at Angel Stadium on Saturday night to move him into the elite 600 club, joining Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Thome and Sammy Sosa.
Angels slugger Albert Pujols hit the 600th home run of his remarkable 17-year MLB career in the fourth inning of Saturday night’s 7-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
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“I don’t play here for numbers,” Pujols told reporters earlier in the week after hitting number 599. “My goal since Day 1 when I got to the big leagues was to help the organization that I wear the uniform of. At the end of my career, numbers are numbers. I think I’m going to have plenty of time [to reflect], but my main goal is to try to win a championship here. I’m aware of the history, don’t get me wrong. I respect it, but I think that’s kind of a distraction that I don’t want to bring into the game for me.”
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Although it is impossible to ignore the fact that there were a total of seven grand slams hit on Saturday, June 3, 2017 to set a new MLB record for the most grand slams hit in a single day, it’s probably safe to say that Messrs. Shaw, Taylor, Desmond, Schwarber, Adams and Zunino will forever remember it as hitting a grand slam on the same day that Albert Pujols hit number 600.
…and that’s a pretty cool badge of honor to wear.
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Like you I was trying to watch each time Pujols came up. That time I didn’t get the message.
I did get the message that he’d done it but didn’t see it ’til this morning. Even then I didn’t know it was a grand slam ’til I read this.
Congratulations to a great ballplayer and classy guy.
Not too many players will hit more than 600 homers, but I’m sure Dodger fans were much more excited over Taylor’s grand slam than what happened in Anaheim. I say this, not to be in disagreement, but more for the fact that the Dodgers are in a very tight divisional race.
But of course, my congratulations go out to Mr. Pujols.
You’re right, of course. If Pujols hadn’t hit it yesterday he would have today, tomorrow, or some other day. Nobody was talking about if he hit it, just when he would. It was a major benchmark of an excellent career.
If Taylor’s fly ball had been shorter and landed in the CF’s glove the Dodgers lose that game. He couldn’t wait ’til another day.