The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the World Series. It was a long journey, beginning with four elimination games in the postseason. Achieving the title was unthinkable, which made their win in game 7 a tremendous theater.
Recently, I enjoyed watching my nephew's fall baseball league playoff game against the Niles Cardinals. Chris' team, the Athletics, had a fighting chance to win, but things happen as they often do in competition. Mixed in with some good plays was some sloppiness, and the A's were eliminated from advancing to the championships. There was some disappointment from the 4-10 loss, but no real heartache.
For these 11 and 12 year olds, it's still about the experience of hanging out with your pals. The wholesome plot line is that regardless of the final score, they anticipate pizza and bedtime.
And while the Texas Rangers will spend the whole winter wondering how the Cards got away with it, these youth leaguers will anticipate football season, school holidays and snow forts.
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