Watch: Fan view of Albert Pujols hitting 700th HR is absolutely incredible (Video)

Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run on Friday night, joining an exclusive club and giving fans at Dodger Stadium a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 

Think about this: you can no longer mention Babe Ruth without thinking about Albert Pujols. Those two names are separated by 100 years yet stand side-by-side as home run kings.

How cool is that?

Pujols launched the 700th home run of his career on Friday night and in doing so joined a club that previously only had three members. He joins Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds as the only players in the nearly 150-year history of baseball to hit 700 home runs in their careers.

It was cool enough to watch it at home and to absorb history that way. But to see it in person, and be a part of baseball history, is something only those at Dodger Stadium got to experience.

One lucky fan not only got to witness the home run in person but snagged an angle that truly makes you feel how special the moment was and how awesome it was to be there for it.

Baseball is a game wrapped up in its own history and in a constant state of romanticizing the fabric. Pujols joining the exclusive 700 Home Run Club checks so many cozy boxes that it’s almost hard to comprehend.

There’s the one where he is connecting this generation of baseball — and the year 2022 — all the way back to Babe Ruth. Or how he cemented his legacy after toiling away like so many other superstars who took massive contracts over the last decade, reminding everyone just how damn good he was and forever will be. A culmination that forces us to harken back with nostalgia to his early days and the joy we had watching him at the peak of his powers. Or how he stitched that aforementioned fabric of history together with monolithic names like Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds.

Now, Pujols.

There’s another layer to this that shouldn’t get lost in the historic sauce we saw served up.

After the game, Pujols made sure to point out that if he couldn’t break into the club at Busch Stadium in front of Cardinals fans, he was happy he could do it in front of Dodgers fans.

“To be able to do it here at Dodger Stadium, where my joy for the game came back, was pretty special,” Pujols said.

After leaving the Cardinals in 2011 to join the Angels, Pujols’ career seemingly halted. He still produced for Los Angeles but his trajectory was pointing downward and fans essentially forgot about him as he toiled away in California. It wasn’t just fans that lost interest, it was Pujols too.

To hear him talk about rediscovering a love for the game he gave so much to when he joined the Dodgers and how much a seemingly minor move meant to one of the game’s biggest figures is truly amazing.

Pujols got to hit his 700th home run in a Cardinals uniform in front of fans who helped pick him back up and fill him with a joy for the game that powered him to historic heights.

Sometimes things work out exactly perfect.