you know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.
The World Series.
Cardinals VS Rangers.
Missouri Vs. Texas
10 World Series Championships Vs. ZERO.
The Rangers were the best team, or so it seemed.
And that is why they play the games.
The World Series might have been the best ever, who knows. Why not?
Albert Pujols had arguably the greatest game ever.
Game 3: All Pujols did was launch three dingers, drive in six runs and finish with five hits.
“Just pretty special,” he said.
Ah yeah. For you Albert that is “muy especial.”
Fast forward to game 6: Texas has the world series won. All they need to do is get one out and they win their first world series ever.
One stinking out.
But as they say in Rock Ridge. “Outs. We don’t need no stinking Outs.”
Honestly i don’t even know what the hell that means, but apparently the Cards do.
If the Rangers can get one stinking out, they win. Stoic, angry looking Nolan Ryan can finally smile, he can uncork and explode.
Instead the anguish will languish and he will implode and perhaps have a coronary in the stands as his boys in blue melt down.
The Cardinals were on life support. They limped into the playoffs, the last team to qualify for the dance.
So it’s Game 6 and the Cards are against the ropes. It’s the 11th inning. Then home town hero David Freese bangs a game winning walk off for a 10-9 win and force a game 7.
I love what former Yankee Aaron Boone said:
“That’s the beauty of baseball. You can’t take a knee and run out the clock. You can’t foul the worst free throw shooter on the other team. You’ve got to get all the outs. That’s why I love this game.”
wow. Some say it was the best game 6 ever. Maybe.
And some say the all star game doesn’t matter? Think again. Remember, the winner gets to be the home team in the world series. The national league won and so the Cards would play game 7 at home.
That’s a huge advantage statistically. The home team had won 8 consecutive game sevens.
Make it 9, and now change the sign outside the stadium.
It says home of 10 world series titles.
Someone get that team an ELEVEN please.
I’m a Mets fan, but you gotta appreciate what just happened.
Albert Pujols is gonna get paid. If not by the Cardinals, by someone.
“This is what you dream about,” Tony La Russa said after the game.
Loser, Michael Young was less exuberant: “we have next season. This will wear off in time.”
Unlikely Michael, you guys were world series champs, that is until you blew it.
David Freese is the Series MVP. He knocked the crap out of the ball all post season.
He set a record for most rbi’s in a single postseason with 21.
“It will take me a while to realize what we accomplished.”
Understatement to be sure.
Now baseball is gone and winter on the horizon. The memories of summer will fade, but arguably the best world series in decades will continue to be talked about.
Meanwhile, the NBA stays on strike, and nobody gives a damn.
Goodbye baseball.
Hello Football. It’s all yours now.
And that is crazy.