NOW. . .UCB HOMEWORK TIME & BASEBALL’S CLOSER!

                

. . .SERIOUSLY, JUST ONE?  

“….DOWN TO THEIR LAST STRIKE — TWICE!”

CLICK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS GEM.

August, 2011. Wow! We were 13.5 games back in the standings, but we beat the Atlanta Braves for the NL Wild Card Berth.

Fast Forward to: Worlds Series Game 6–The Rangers were leading the Series 3-2. Texas had a nice lead in this one and things looked like they would be crowned 2011 Worlds Series Champions. Champaign was chilling in the Texas Ranger Clubhouse and Texas news had reported that the Rangers were 2011 Worlds Champions. But. . .we a had hometown boy: Third baseman David Freese. Ninth inning – Freese hits his game-tying two-run triple and then a 3-2 count walk-off homer in the 11th. Can you say Woo Hoo?

The team shared this. . .

“This is the best game I’ve ever been a part of, ever seen,” St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Skip Schumaker said as Thursday night turned to the wee hours of Friday morning. “I’ve got to think it’s gotta be the best game in World Series history, in my opinion. I know I’m only 30 years … but this has got to go down in history.”

And this: “I’ve never seen a baseball game like that before,” shortstop Daniel Descalso said. “That’s got to be the greatest game I’ve been a part of, seen, heard about. That’s got to be one for the record books.”

And this: “We won!” Cardinals reliever Octavio Dotel yelled as he happily stomped toward his locker. “We f—ing won! It’s over! It doesn’t matter!”

Given the importance that this game played on the series, this would be my pick. Can you say MOMENTUM?

DUH! YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME

TO BE THERE TO SEE THAT GAME!

 SO RIGHT, YOGI!

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