It Can't Get Any Better Than That Can It?

If Game 6 of the 2011 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs doing what the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals did, I wouldn't be typing this. I would instead be either curled up in the fetal position babbling like an idiot or I would be in a state of shock while celebrating with some doubles and maybe even triples. Game 6 of the 2011 World Series will go down as one of the best ever if not the best ever baseball game ever played. The only thing this game didn't seemingly have was Nolan Ryan ripping off his suit jacket, putting on a uniform and pitching to Mark McGwire with the game on the line. It was incredible. This was real "reality TV" and not that crap like "Survivor", "The Amazing Race" and all those other stupid shows out there. This was reality TV at its finest and it proves why sports is reality TV.

The Rangers were one strike away from celebrating the title----twice!! Yes twice!! They let a two run lead get away in the bottom of the 9th and after Josh Hamilton hit a two run homer in the 10th, the Cardinals tied it again before winning it in the 11th on a David Freese homerun. The unbelievable was unthinkable and it became reality just like that. In the 9th, they were so close to seeing Nelson Cruz snag the ball in his glove only to see it bounce off the wall.

The rollercoaster of emotions painted itself out on TV, yet it was likely nothing compared to the air of tension at Busch Stadium as Cardinal fans prayed for and received a miracle.

Like the Red Sox and Mets in 86, the two teams have to put this one aside and re-energize themselves for one more showdown. You have to like the chances of St. Louis after being on the edge of the cliff twice and fighting back to win in such dramatic fashion. However, picking a winner in what has been one of the best World Series I have seen in a long time is too hard to do. Game 7 can't live up to Game 6 can it? Do these two teams have one more thrilling chapter to write or does this book have an ending that is less desirable than one would hope. There's only one way to find out. If you are a baseball fan, you will be watching this one or PVRing it and watching it later while trying to stay away from the score.

For FOX"s Joe Buck, it was a chance to re-live a famous line from his dad as he copied Jack's words from 1991 when Kirby Puckett homered off of Charlie Leibrandt at the Metrodome to send the Braves and Twins to a Game 7 that I will never forget. "We will see you tomorrow night". Baseball fans wouldn't miss it.

It should be a ring-a-ding-dong dandy!