Albert Pujols Will Make You Pay for Your Insolence, Brandon Backe

Filed under: Houston, Astros, Cardinals, NL Central, St. LouisBaseball fights are awesome. Baseball is basically the only sport that encourages every single man, woman, and child (err ... hitters, fielders, and coaches ... whatever) on the field to get involved in the brawls because no one ever throws punches and they're generally just ridiculous affairs where swear words are yelled at each other. A batting practice fight, however, is a different story. You only go after someone during batting practice if you're actually angry. Apparently, Albert Pujols and Brandon Backe are actually angry with each other, because they got into what's being described as "a quarrel" during batting practice before today's Cardinals/Astros game. Backe explains: more...