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Game 6: The Greatest Ever?

Sportswriters breathless after last night's epic World Series game

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 28, 2011 10:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – The words “best ever” are being thrown around a lot this morning, after the Cardinals’ epic 10-9 win over the Texans in Game 6 of the World Series. Here’s what the breathless sportswriters out there are saying:

  • “The term ‘baseball game’ doesn’t begin to do justice to this remarkable life experience,” writes Jayson Stark of ESPN. No matter how many postseason games you’ve seen, “you would have a very, very, very difficult time making a case that any of them were better than this one.”
  • From the ninth inning on, “you couldn’t breathe,” writes Jonah Keri of Grantland. “We'd crossed the plane of reality to some screenwriter's fantasy.” This could only happen in baseball, the game with no clock, the “game where time stands still, and the impossible becomes possible.”

  • Busch Stadium felt like “an open-air insane asylum,” writes Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. All night “these red-clad crazies couldn't tell if they were living or dying.” Now, after David Freese’s magnificent blast, “it’s Christmas and New Year’s Day and every other delightful holiday all rolled into one."
  • Really, this win-probability chart from Fangraphs says it all. As Keri writes, it looks just like "the roller coaster ride we all felt while watching.”

David Freese hits a solo home run off a pitch by Mark Lowe in the 11th inning of Game 6, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.
David Freese hits a solo home run off a pitch by Mark Lowe in the 11th inning of Game 6, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.   (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Teammates swarm David Freese at home after his walk-off home run, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.
Teammates swarm David Freese at home after his walk-off home run, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
David Freese hits a walk-off home run during the 11th inning of Game 6 of the World Series, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.
David Freese hits a walk-off home run during the 11th inning of Game 6 of the World Series, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.   (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
David Freese reacts after hitting a solo home run off a pitch by Texas Rangers' Mark Lowe in the 11th inning, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.
David Freese reacts after hitting a solo home run off a pitch by Texas Rangers' Mark Lowe in the 11th inning, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis.   (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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sache
Oct 28, 2011 7:04 PM CDT
Great game. Don't know if it was the best ever but it definetly had me on the edge of my seat.
Kant
Oct 28, 2011 6:18 PM CDT
Texans?  Epic fail Kevin Spak.  But last night's game was one of a kind.
OuttaHere
Oct 28, 2011 4:10 PM CDT
Just hype for tonight. Hey, that rhymes.

 
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