"Apparently we are still in Kansas."
The hyperbole has been intense over the past 12 hours or so since Evan Longoria barreled through his teammates to touch home plate last night. Scott Van Pelt repeatedly reiterated that “nothing is better than sports, ever.” And we agreed. The Twitterverse displayed a million different versions of “This can’t be real!” as people marveled at the heroics of Longoria and his teammates and the breakdown of Jonathan Papelbon and his. We also agreed.
To call it the best night in the history of baseball, though, is a bit of a stretch. Don’t get me wrong, I watched all of the action of each game live, flipping back and forth as each inning became crazier than the one before it. But is it still better than a great World Series Game 7? That’s a pretty tough call. So I will settle on the Greatest Night In Regular Season Baseball History.
Nevertheless, it was great for baseball. I’m sure that as Bud Selig is briefing the umpires on how his Milwaukee Brewers need to win*, he’s smiling a little wider than usual, perhaps even thinking of a bigger statue that he can build outside of Miller Park. Too bad it couldn’t be that great for everyone. As always, there are winners and losers, and as a St. Louis Cardinals fan, I am generally regarded as more intelligent, classy, handsome, and sympathetic than other baseball fans. So I thought we’d pay tribute to the faces of the people who gave us “Baseball’s Greatest Night.”
*You know, hypothetically.
(Images via the AP and Getty.)
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Nice work Burnsy, but I would like to add this photo.
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Kyle Farnsworth continues to be amazing. That is all.
@B, can’t wait for the next Dugout.
pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth!
While I don’t give a shit about baseball, I do enjoy seeing obnoxious sports fans from Boston having their hearts ripped out.
And now we can spend the next two decades listening to them bitch about the “ESPN the Magazine Cover Jinx.”
In #5 – I’d forgotten how utterly disgusting baseball dugouts can be. That said, I’m sure all the tears made it easier to mop up.
The first dozen pictures should be in a gallery called “The Perpetual Emotional State of
DolphinsCubs Fans”.Poor guys will now have nothing to do except sleep drink and surround themselves with pretty ladies or boys. (I don’t judge)
I shouldn’t enjoy #4, the one of the little Braves fan kid crying, as much as I do. I also shouldn’t love that Atlanta is still winning at that moment, so he’s only gonna get worse.
This slide show is even better when you listen to the Simpson’s “We’re talking Softball” song while clicking through the images.
Guy in #9 wore his home uni to a road game.
Love #11.