The best part of the Cardinals' World Series win is that little kid not appearing under the words "World Champion Texas Rangers" on their 2012 media guide.
Twice in Game Six, the Rangers were one strike away from clinching the Series four games to two at home, but let the Cardinals tie the score. Then, guest villain Mr. Freese (Cards outfielder David Freese) homered leading off the eleventh. El Birdos had a 10-9 win and new life. Game Seven was an anti-climax. Tony LaRussa had a World Championship ring, and retired as one should go out: on top.
So the kid fades away into the land of the forgotten. And his hero fell off the wagon this winter, and spend the better part of a week apologizing. Let's see some hands, of everyone who's really, really tired of the soap opera that is Josh Hamilton.
Justin Verlander got the American League Cy Young award, as even the casual fan knew he would, and also MVP honors. The serious fan wouldn't have been wrong in assuming that bat champ Miguel Cabrera (.344 for the season, .429 in September) would win. JV had a great season -- the most dominant by any pitcher since Bob Gibson in 1968 -- but Cabrera's contribution was just as vital as the Tigers won 95 games and the division by 15, and pitchers already have the Cy Young.
And there is a new addition to Maggie's baseball family. Our second grand-nephew. Six pounds eight ounces, born or Thanksgiving Day. Justin Miguel Velasco. That's what they named him. It's on his birth certificate. (Well, at least he has one. Someday, he'll be legally eligible to run for president.)
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