It's been 10 years since Albert Pujols conducted a NASA experiment off Brad Lidge in the NLCS

Little-known fact: The 2013 Academy Award-winning film "Gravity" starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is historical non-fiction based on events that occurred after a home run hit by Albert Pujols on Oct. 17, 2005. It became stuck in the Earth's atmosphere, orbited the planet and caused irreparable damage to a NASA space station.

Well, maybe not exactly, but that scenario isn't all that far-fetched considering the sheer force behind the moonshot Pujols blasted into space 10 years ago today.

Pujols -- then a Cardinal -- came up to bat with his team down, 4-2, with two on and two out in the top of the ninth inning of Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Astros closer Brad Lidge was on the hill and delivered an 0-1 pitch that he'd probably like to take back, because Pujols pelted it onto the train tracks at Minute Maid Park:

Of course, Lidge rebounded as the Astros won Game 6 to take the series and advance to the Fall Classic. Though they lost that go-round to the White Sox, Lidge was perfect in all 41 of his regular-season save opportunities for the 2008 Phillies and followed that performance by going 7-for-7 in such instances during the postseason, including the clinching Game 5 of that year's World Series.