Welcome back to the Fall Classic! It's been a long... uh... two years.

Seriously though, congratulations.

tigers in 3.

beltran still hasn't lifted a finger.

Congrats, Will.

Since I actually have a chance at being one of the first commenters, let me submit the following two observations about the game.

1) I've taken hangover shits that weren't nearly as filthy as Adam Wainright's curveball last night. Had Joe Morgan (circa 1969) been playing, he would have called that pitch a "motherfucking curve."

2) The shot of the Met fan with tears running down his cheeks holding his son who was also crying was touching...but what the fungus, New York?? The Mets won their last title a mere 20 years ago...We Cub fans have been suffering for almost a fucking century now...I think any fan of a team not named the Cubs, Giants or Indians has no business crying at a baseball game. Piss poor.

3:30 AM, the Cards just won the pennant, and every single word was spelled right, every sentence was coherent. What kind of fan are you?

OK. Sorry. I still can't sleep. Too wired. Site might suck tomorrow. I apologize in advance.

I was in the upper deck. I watched children cry. I hate my life. I'm going to go take a bath with my toaster.

I forgot to plug it in. Back to the drawing board.

True story:
I was at a bar tonight, and a guy starts going absolutely crazy when Wainright broke that curve in to end the game. He then starts rubbing it in the bartender's face, since the bartender apparently loves the Mets.

The mammoth of a bartender pulls him over the bar and begins punching him. With each punch, the guy getting hit starts spelling out something: Y-A-D-I-E-R-M-O-L-I-N-A. I had a good night.

Thank you, Cardinals. I knew I was right to bet on you with my co-worker. The stakes were low, but there was pride involved.

All this so you can get swept by the Tigers.

Oh well, enjoy it while it lasts.

Err, uh, I mean Yeah! MFin Yeah! Let's Party! Wooooo!

It was interesting how there wasn't a single Cardinals fan in all of Shea Stadium, at least according to Fox's postgame crowd reaction shots.

I like crying Mets fans as much as the next guy, but come on Fox, where was the love for Cards fans?

Will,

I love you! I love every Cardinal fan in the world. I ran outside of Staples Center (where i work) tonight, and exchanged awkward high fives and fist pumps with the only Cardinal fan in the Fox Bar n Grill, and we exulted together for a moment watched Edmonds et al celebrate. After fielding a handful of St. Louis-area phone calls, the only way my friends and I were able to describe it was: it was as if we were paralyzed from the waist down, and suddenly, miraculously, we were healed and able to walk again!! WE WON!!!!

Come on, it's not like the Cardinals are jinxed or anything. Win a World Series and then get your finger stuck to the "!" key.

Is it baseball season already?

Geez. How long was I asleep?

Yankees in 5.

Please link to Bill Simmons's "blog" so we can all see how not funny this horrible boston douchebag is. An UNBELIVEABLE win from a huge underdog. Bravo birds.

Congrats Will, as a Tigers fan I can honestly say I'm scared of facing Bob Gibson in Game 1...err...I mean Jeff Weaver, nevermind. Tigers sweep.

Will,

I'm sure that the excitement you feel is tempered by the fact that it was all a mirage. The Mets actually won when Boog Powell came off the bench to hit one off of Bob Gibson. Better luck next year.

The hardest part of losing was getting beaten on a home run by the tranny Wachowski brother.

Congratulations, young man. You have chosen...wisely.

Will,

Fake it until you wake up. In the meantime, redirect people to the 800+ comment thread below, that should take at least an hour to read, which should buy you some time.

YES!!!! I never thought I'd say this, but I love me some Yadier. Thank you so, SO much Will for NOT going to the game. I trust you won't be making it to any World Series games, correct? Right? RIGHT?!?

I broke a personal bad streak last night in that something I DVR'd turned out to be worth saving. Maybe Will can end his streak sometime next year at a regular season game.

The Endy Chavez catch was the single greatest defensive play in an LCS since A-Rod defended his purse from the Red Sox.

Hold on, hold on.... the Cardinals haven't won the World Series since 1982? By the ghost of Dane Iorg! They shall win it all!

No, not really. But that was a great game by all accounts.

Will, congrats, and I hope the Cards at least give the Tigers a scare in the Series.

One question though: Biting? Biting of what exactly? Fingernails we'll understand, but anything else requires some serious explanation.

Wait....FLOMAX may DECREASE semen??? FloMAX?!?!? Doesn't seem right.

Those are my thoughts on the game. Besides the fact that the Chavez catch was a "HOLY FUCK!" moment.

If anyone needs Jose Reyes he'll be spending the offseason on Sesame Street with the rest of the Muppets

How do you end your season by striking out looking??? I mean really.

Actually Will, just take today off. No need to comment about the Birds, nor much need to talk about anything today.

So, who replaced Beltran with a statue?

YAY!!! Let me know where you guys go to watch the games -- I'll come TO WATCH THE CARDINALS IN THE WORLD SERIES with you!

I was walking my girlfriend out of the apartment when Chavez made that catch. I could hear my friends going batshit down the hall. They rewound the DVR and pretended it hadn't happened yet. Pretty freaking insane.

The ESPN radio call was "well, when you see that catch tomorrow, it will certainly be the best you've ever seen".

Take that, blind people.

Thank you, FOX, for showing some of the scariest folks in the country. Think "big eyes girl" will get some grief this morning? Or "praying to the sky dude"?

Oh, and Paul LoDuca needs to find some...ahem...manlier entrance music. Fortunately, he has an entire offseason to do so.

Will: Talk amongst yourselves...I'll give you a topic...The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss.

I couldn't sleep til past 4 either. Being at the game was incredible, but I wish I could have been with you guys at the same time. Way back when he first came up, I wouldn't stop babbling about how good Yadier was, and a friend gave me a "prank" gift of a t-shirt that says I <3 YADY. Guess what I'M wearing today. Where are all those Mets fans who tried kill me during the August series? Disappeared all of a sudden. How peculiar! Come on out of the woodwork and kiss my sweet red ass.

So what time will we hear from Will today? Noon? 2pm?

Or is he already up apologizing to Shari for what he did to the apt last night?

Rip...I am righ twith your. Big eyes girl was really scaring me.

I felt that praying to the sky guy was obviously playing up to the camera...when he looked down from the heavens, he knew right where to look for his close-up.

Will's ferklempt.

yeah...righ twith your.

This is your grandfather's World Series

You know at times like this when I see people either swelling with team pride and hysteria or just utterly crushed by the events of last night, just two words come to mind.

Stupid Angelos

May you get run over by a cigarette truck

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL9435

Cards left LaGuardia at 2:51 am and got into Detroit at 4:11 am. Jalen Rose advised them to stay away from legs and hospitals, because they are still both open.

I enjoyed the shots of the mets fans in the crowd praying before every pitch during the 9th inning last night. I guess someone had prayed for Carlos Beltran to stand perfectly still. At least we know that Beltran will never get eaten by a T-Rex

I saw a special on a Christian cable network where Suppan was being interviewed about his pilgrimage to Vatican City and all of the pictures he took.

I hate to say I was captivated.

Hooray dueling shitty ex-Bucco starters!

Congrats to all you Cards fans and good luck..............

Sorry to rain on anyone's parade, but the 2006 Cardinals are the worst team to get to the World Series that I can remember. Granted, I've been only paying attention to baseball since 2003.

Saturday's game should be a roughly even matchup. According to MLB.com, both teams are starting some pitcher named TBD.

I'm showing my age - I was a teen-ager when the Tigers won their last WS. And Will needs to wake up and post because I rmember when he used to do that.

Actually only the second worst to make it to the WS. The worst were the 73 Mets. Coincidence or irony? Discuss.

TBD? Is that the baseball version of "all-time quarterback"?

I think I had a bad case of TBD once, in college.

I can' t wait for shots of Bob Gibson and Denny McLain in HDTV!

The starting pitchers may be TBD, but your national anthem singers for game 1 (Bob Seger) and game 2 (Anita Baker) have been announced. Game 3 probable: Nelly and the St. Lunatics.