Wow, what a crazy, improbable, unbelievable Division Series week we just witnessed. This is why baseball is pure magic. Whether or not you are a fan of the four teams left, you can’t deny that they all earned their way in. After four Game 5’s in four series, we finally got the NLCS and ALCS matchups finalized with a ridiculous game in Washington.

In the type of game that has become routine for the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals, they laughed at a 6-0 deficit in the third inning and slowly chipped away to cut the lead to 7-5 by the top of the ninth inning.

Luckily for Cardinals fans, this team is at it’s best when down to their last strike of the season. With the bases loaded, Daniel Descalso hit a game-tying single, then came around to score on a single by rookie shortstop Pete Kozma. The Cards held on to win 9-7 and advance to the NLCS, shocking the nation’s capitol and pastime’s fan base in the process…again.

My girlfriend is the biggest Cardinals fan in the world, and this is her reaction video to watching that top of the 9th inning. She had to record, turn off her phone, and watch later – I already knew what had happened but kept my best poker face on for the next few hours as we watched it back. She had no idea I was taping her reaction. But check out what pure, unadulterated love for a baseball team looks like:



That’s a good fan if I’ve ever seen one. Good luck to the Cardinals, Giants, Tigers and Yankees in the Championship Series, starting tonight in New York!

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– Jeremy Dorn (@Jamblinman)