Before Albert Pujols delivered hit No. 3,320 in his amazing career on Tuesday night to move up to No. 9 on the all-time MLB hit list, he had to call out an umpire.
A few pitches before the base hit, the home plate umpire rang Pujols up emphatically. But it came on a 1-1 pitch, so there were only two strikes on the legend, not three.
Pujols immediately corrected him and didn’t look so happy about it, and I get it — that’s interrupting his rhythm I guess? But it didn’t matter. Pujols stayed focused and got that hit.
Here’s the moment and some reaction to it: