""You had to be here to believe it," St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said.
In one of the greatest thrillers in baseball history, the Cardinals twice rallied when they were down to their last strike of the season. First, Freese saved them with a two-run triple in the ninth, then Lance Berkman delivered a tying single in the 10th.
And when Freese led off the bottom of the 11th with his shot to beat Texas 10-9 and stomped on the plate, this Game 6 had already been stamped forever.
"Turned out to be one for the ages," said Daniel Descalso, who keyed a Cardinals comeback."
Man, what a game! And all the drama demonstrated why baseball is the perfect sport for television. Baseball's slowness, its progression by pitch, by dramatic module, allows time for the camera to get reaction shots -- batter, pitcher, runner, infield, outfield, fans, coaches -- and a good TV director can stretch the drama to excruciating limits. So last night, especially when TWICE Texas was one strike away from their FIRST world championship. Some are already calling this the best game in world series history. I came home to catch it at 4-4 in the sixth, so I saw all the late drama. Lovely game, even though I'm rooting for Texas. Lovely game.
In one of the greatest thrillers in baseball history, the Cardinals twice rallied when they were down to their last strike of the season. First, Freese saved them with a two-run triple in the ninth, then Lance Berkman delivered a tying single in the 10th.
And when Freese led off the bottom of the 11th with his shot to beat Texas 10-9 and stomped on the plate, this Game 6 had already been stamped forever.
"Turned out to be one for the ages," said Daniel Descalso, who keyed a Cardinals comeback."
Man, what a game! And all the drama demonstrated why baseball is the perfect sport for television. Baseball's slowness, its progression by pitch, by dramatic module, allows time for the camera to get reaction shots -- batter, pitcher, runner, infield, outfield, fans, coaches -- and a good TV director can stretch the drama to excruciating limits. So last night, especially when TWICE Texas was one strike away from their FIRST world championship. Some are already calling this the best game in world series history. I came home to catch it at 4-4 in the sixth, so I saw all the late drama. Lovely game, even though I'm rooting for Texas. Lovely game.
And great games ahead this weekend, game 7 tonight, Stanford-USC tomorrow night.
Midterms to read, usually a highlight because so many are so good, the students finally getting into screenwriting stride. Hope this class is typical.
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