Bill Shaikin: Mariners fans let one Angel bask in glory, save boos for another one
by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
May 05, 2018
3 minutes
SEATTLE - This is the home of the Seattle Mariners, where the slogan is "True to the Blue." On a cool Pacific Northwest evening, they stopped the game at 8:30 p.m. to honor a guy dressed in red.
The Mariners did not orchestrate the stoppage, but neither did they object. The Angels surged forth from their dugout, a sea of red surging toward first base.
Albert Pujols stood there, triumphant. That glorious round number of hits was his: 3,000.
His teenage son, A.J., got there first. Mike Trout
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