Now That Was Some Good Baseball!
Who else was watching tonight?
Remember a few weeks ago when we had that amazing night -- heck, amazing 10 minutes -- of baseball to end the regular season? Well, the various division and championship series were pretty good, too. And tonight was Game 6 of the World Series. The Rangers had played amazing baseball to lead the series three games to two.
Tonight's game went back and forth through nine innings but with a three-run 7th, it looked like the Cardinals were done for. Sure enough, the Rangers were one strike away from winning their first-ever World Series title, but the Cardinals rallied in the 9th and 10th inning and eventually won in the 11th to force Game 7.
Here's the Associated Press:
ST. LOUIS -- David Freese homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals forced the World Series to a Game 7 by rallying from two-run deficits against the Texas Rangers in the 9th and 10th on Thursday night.
Freese hit a two-run triple just over a leaping Nelson Cruz to tie the score 7-7 in the ninth inning against Neftali Feliz. Then, after Josh Hamilton put Texas ahead with a two-run homer in the 10th off Jason Motte, Ryan Theriot hit an RBI groundout in the bottom half and Lance Berkman tied it 9-9 with a single.
Game 7 is on Friday night. Go Cardinals!
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Jun '10
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I could hear the screaming from a pub 2 blocks away! What a game! David Freese, home town hero!
Apr '11
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Listened to the finish on the radio on the drive home from work.
Baseball Fever, Catch It!
Sep '10
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Tums for my nausea in the 9th. Advil just now after tripping over the ottoman in the 11th! I am so proud to be a Cardinal Fanatic for the last 40 years.
May '10
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Only a Cardinal fan could call that "good" baseball. I have seen better fundamentals in little league games.
Sep '10
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EJ. Your unsportsmanlike comments are not only rude, but also unfit for the overriding optimism and uplifting quality of Ricochet.
May '10
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Five errors? Both teams should be sent home and be declared unworthy.
Sep '10
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Guess you never got the chance to make an error at 2nd base in the bigs, huh? Don't watch. Any true fan gets it. Sorry that you don't. You're missing a classic series with multiple hall-of-famer's in their prime.
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As a completely un-biased Cubs fan (and MSNBC reporter) I have to say that I agree with EJ here.
Also, Holliday's error was painful.
Jun '10
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Anyone who wasn't totally pumped up by that game isn't a baseball fan.
Simple as that.
Apr '11
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Wowsers. Terrific game, sloppy but exciting. I also eye-balled Dave Pinto's blog, baseballmusings.com during the game - much better than anything the AP is likely to put out.
And now, rats. Gotta work tomorrow night, so I'll only catch an inning or two on the radio.
Oct '10
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i will watch game 7. which bandwagon should I join?
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I greatly enjoyed the excitement the game created, but as a coach I gotta go with EJ. The five errors do not reflect just how sloppy both teams were. Plenty of bobbled balls that were recovered for no error.
Texas pitching was worse. Two blown last strikes to win the world series! Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think either was with a full count. How in the world do you put the ball on the fat part of the plate in that situation?
Edited on October 28, 2011 at 6:17pmMay '10
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This lifelong Cards fan is ashamed of himself. After seeing the errors EJ and Tommy mentioned and watching the Rangers take a 7-4 lead, I cut off the TV in disgust and went to bed. (In my defense, I was present at the Game 7 debacle in the '85 World Series against Kansas City so I have violent Pavlovian reactions when the Cards are on the brink of elimination.). Andrew, Mollie, Samwise, and others: how shall I pay my penance?
Jul '11
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Most shocking play of the night: Jon Jay actually got a hit.
Mar '11
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My thoughts exactly. They also need to get Allen Craig into the lineup; Holliday's finger injury may be the best thing that happened last night. It was the ending that made it memorable; in the field they looked like the Keystone Cops.
Mar '11
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Pretty tired this morning but it was totally worth it. Fantastic game and fantastic month of baseball.
As for the fundamentals... there hasn't been solid defensive play in MLB in 10 years. (19 in Pittsburgh). I won't hold it against these teams.
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Hunh. I wasn't pleased with the errors but neither did I think they came even close to canceling out the beauty and drama.
Of course, those shutout performances we've seen this season were beautiful and clean. But just not the same thing in terms of sending one from cardiac arrest to the highest of highs.
Jan '11
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Drama isn't about perfection. There was no perfection, but plenty of drama.
The unsung hero of the game? How about Albert Pujols? Never underestimate the gravity of a guy like Pujols. When he came up in the ninth, the first hitter had already made an out, and St. Louis could have let it finish. But Pujols stayed in, and gave a little hope. Then, before Berkman's game-tying hit, Texas decided to pitch around Pujols, which meant they was no way to pitch around Berkman.
But let's remember, Game Six isn't Game Seven. In 1975, Carlton Fisk won the dramatic game - but Cincinnati won the Series anyway. There's still another game, and both teams are running on fumes and an exhausted bullpen. Anything is possible.
Mar '11
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Go Cards! I'm the closing mechanic at a small amusement park, so have to work tonight, but there is a radio in the shop. Hopefully it will be a slow night at work.
So do the Cards start Carpenter or keep him in the pen for a possible relief gig?
Sep '11
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So I heard on ESPN's Mike and Mike this morning that the guy who caught David Freese's game-winning home run gave the ball to the Cardinals. He got to participate in the celebration with the players and also a signed bat from Freese. There's no freakin' way I give that ball away...What would you do?