World Series Game 6: The Game to Top Them All

Words on a computer screen can't describe what transpired last night in Game 6 of this year's Fall Classic. Classic, in this case, might be an understatement.

Whether a die-hard or a casual fan, the game played between the St.Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers yesterday evening (and early this morning) was in it's own unique way one of the best games of all-time. Period.

How was it unique, you may ask? Well, how many games do you see where there's great defensive plays yet five errors committed? Where do you see a lack of offensive execution mixed with clutch hitting?

The answer is not many.

It seemed as if the teams went back and forth the whole night, trading blow for blow, as the contest see-sawed back and forth, the pendulum of momentum swaying from one side to the other almost in a blink of an eye.

Twice, the Cardinals were down to their final strike. Twice, they preserved their season. And so the overly-used cliches of "Anything is possible" and "Never say never" once again surfaced themselves in the form of the Cards.

After all, shouldn't the incredibly-stacked Philadelphia Phillies be here? Shouldn't the Braves have been playing in the playoffs instead of these Cardinals? Didn't Nyjer Morgan's wide pie-hole pronounce St.Louis dead? I guess it's true about not being able to script October.

Through all of that, the Cardinals still stand after maybe the greatest Game 6 ever.

Joe Carter's blast? Kirby Puckett's amazing night? Bill Buckner's wickets? Carlton Fisk's directing arms? How about "David Freese's shot to center to save St. Louis and force Game 7"? Rather catchy.

The game started rather sloppy, for lack of a better word, with Freese dropping a routine pop-up; Matt Holliday did the same to a can-of-corn fly ball, and Michael Young performed his own bobbling act shortly thereafter.

But this night was only just beginning. Fireworks were on display throughout the night, with Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz going back-to-back at one point.

Veteran Lance Berkman, possibly the MVP of this series, had a shot to put the Cards on the board, which turned out to be not even his biggest hit of the night.

Josh Hamilton, the man who changed his life around, hit a home run of his own, even while battling a constantly aching groin strain.

And Mike Napoli, becoming the central power outlet this October for Texas, ended up on base five times. Almost equally as impressive was his gunning out of Matt Holliday at third base—from his knees.

This was coming right after Napoli had severely twisted his ankle running the bases. It wouldn't keep him down. Not on this night. Not when the Rangers were so close to their first World Series title.

And Texas was indeed so close to that elusive first title, but it would remain that way.

Allen Craig, a platoon-man turned World Series hero, delivered with a home run to bring the St.Louis faithful back to life, and then Freese (two-run triple) and Berkman (RBI single) came through with the Cardinals holding on to their final breath.

In the middle of all of this (scoring on Freese's triple) was Albert Pujols, the man who has everyone wondering where he will play next season. He didn't look focused on that for a second, continuing as normal with his competitiveness, will to win and pure excitement for the game he loves.

For him, it's about winning another title, about representing the great city and organization he plays for. Not for a second should anyone think otherwise.

All of these storylines, all of these moments, all the twisting and turning of this labyrinth-like game, all leads to the conclusion that this may very well be the most exciting, extravagant and incredible World Series game ever.

The ball left David Freese's bat, and you knew by the sound of the lumber and the roar from the stands that the greatest World Series game ever had just concluded with an exclamation mark.

It's hard to believe that there's still another game to be played, the grand finale for what has been a memorable series.

Reliving possibly his father's most amazing words from the World Series, announcer Joe Buck stated: "We'll see you tomorrow night!"

And so we will.