That's a winner!

This is one of those selfish posts, but I just can't resist. Having been a Cardinal fan since the late 60s this was one of the most aggravating and satisfying seasons I can remember. Hand it to Jim Leyland, though. He's a class act and took his team a lot further than anyone believed. He's a winner.

But Friday night's winners were the Cardinals and their fans, who make up one of the last 'baseball towns' in an America crazy about football. Go crazy indeed, Loo.

World Series weirdness--Cardinals beat the Red Sox in 1967 then lost to Detroit in 1968. Cardinals lost to the Red Sox in 2004, then beat Detroit in 06. Both Tiger-Cardinals matchups featured a centerfielder who slipped chasing a fly ball affecting the outcome of each series. Ed Spezio was a player for the Cardinals on those 60s teams, his son Scott played on this year's team. Cards won the series with the fewest ever regular season wins, simply an incredible turnaround.

In the end, the know-it-all pundits overlooked a team with a Cy Young and MVP winner who were coming back to health. They had more playoff experience than any of their rivals and a Hall of Fame manager. Shows you what pundits know, which can can also be applied to political pundits, by the way. Tony LaRussa did a marvelous job of keeping himself out of the situation and letting the players play. Jack would have loved it. I'm sure he's smiling now.

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Should have known to check the Gateway Pundit last night, he was live photoblogging. But frankly, we were too caught up watching it the old fashioned way..

Those close to STL might want to attend the parade on Sunday. Looks like the weather is gonna be a heckuva lot better than it was for most of the games.

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Hey, the Cardinals made Powerlineblog. Pretty good for a bunch of Twinkie fans..