Baseball--The Greatest Final Day of the Season

[KG_Jag]

I have been a baseball fan since the late 1950's. Never do I recall experiencing (or even reading about) a more exciting last day of the regular season that came to a close just a few hours ago!

Wild charges by both wild card teams to get in. The Rays overcame a 7 run deficit to the Yankees in the 8th and 9th innnings, including scoring their first runs in the game and their 7th run with two outs in the ninth--then winning it in the 12th on a HR that cleared the closest and shortest part of the wall.

The Phillies, with most of their stars on the bench (see the Yankees above) besting the Braves' ace closer for a run that was enough to send the game into extra innings. Then there of a game saving catch on the run to the wall of a Chipper Jones shot, and finally a bizarre game winning broken bat hit by an Astro refugee.

The Red Sox ace reliever Papelbon losing the lead and game in the bottom of the 9th to lowly Baltimore--all after getting two outs.

Adding a little spice, were the Tigers, Rangers and Brewers, who all played hard to secure post season seeds.

What a night! Babe, Lou, Ty, Shoeless Joe, Josh, Cool Papa, Roberto, Diz Satch, Stan the Man, Mick, Ted (or at least his head), Spanny and all their buddies are smiling from above.

[KG_Kharkov]

Truly amazing. The guy who hit the Rays homerun in the bottom of the 9th was batting .108 and had no hits in September. He had even played in Japan 2 years ago. I'm not a huge baseball fan but that was an incredible final regular season night unlikely to be matched again in our lifetime.