Neither tim nor Liam scored, but nobody else caught them, so they're co-champions. (Champs: contact me.) I won't actually send out the ticket, I will tell you guys the number on it, and if you win, you'll each get 500,000 U.S. dollars. Uh...crap. I was just about to write "feel free to check my work," but instead decided to check it myself--and I made one mistake. And it was a crucial one. Tim didn't have 7, he only had 6. I made the mistake after that high-scoring game 3. It was the one mistake I made the whole series, and it happened to affect the outcome. Goddamn. Well, here's the deal. Liam should be the winner, but since I made this error I'm still gonna go ahead and call it a tie, knowing that since the odds of this ticket winning a million bucks is so slim, I'm sure Liam will be happy splitting it with tim. On the other hand, I feel bad for Ryan and Amber, who had 6 like tim, but get nothing since I didn't happen to eff up their scores like I did tim's. Okay, I've got it. If the ticket wins, 500,000 goes to Liam, 400,000 goes to tim, and 50,000 goes to Amber and Ryan. And it will be the same ratio should they win any of the 5,000 drawings that come before the New Year's Eve million-dollar drawing. We all happy?

Rangers:
1: Ruben--RSN Alberta 4
2: Rich G 1
3: Section 36 1
4: Allan--Joy of Sox 4
5: Ryan 6
6: heybluu 4
7: redsoxfandave 4
8: Charlie 2
9 (and extras): Mom 4

Cardinals:
1: Brendan 5
2: Kara 2
3: Bosox Fan in Wichita 1
4: Liam, Summa Contra 7
5: Andy 5
6: tim 7 (but really 6 since I effed up the math)
7: Patrick 4
8: Omnipotent Q 2
9 (and extras): Amber 6

Also, congrats to the world champion Cardinals. Pretty crazy how they were down to their final strike in two separate innings. Thank you, Rangers, for making the '86 Red Sox not look AS bad.

So last night I noticed a funny moment during the WS game, where the umpire bent over, and at that moment, Fox put their World Series logo up. It appeared as if it came out of the guy's butt. Kim missed it, so I rewound, and showed it to her in slow motion, at which point she laughed hysterically for a solid minute. I YouTubed it, figuring I'd post it on my blog later that night or today, but didn't think of it again.

Just now, I got an email from a nice guy named Ricardo, who found my video, and told deadspin about it, specifically telling them to give me credit. At which point deadspin gave HIM the credit, and put up their OWN version of the clip.

Classic me in that the things I put hours of effort into go unnoticed, yet the offhanded things I do seem to be big hits.

Classic deadspin in that they tend to do things me no likey, which is why I stopped reading it years ago.

Holy shit. An incredible game 6. I live-blogged the end of it (after watching Misery from 8 to 10) so if you want to view it through the eyes of Jere, scroll down or click here. As for our contest, 19 runs were added tonight. The top three going in got one run each, but the biggest move came from Amber, who cashed in on the 5 runs the Cards got in the 9th, 10th, and 11th. So she moves into a second-place tie with Ryan with 6, both one back of tim and Liam with 7. Four of you have 4. One game left! The full board through 6:

Rangers:
1: Ruben--RSN Alberta 2
2: Rich G 1
3: Section 36 1
4: Allan--Joy of Sox 4
5: Ryan 6
6: heybluu 4
7: redsoxfandave 4
8: Charlie 2
9 (and extras): Mom 4

Cardinals:
1: Brendan 3
2: Kara 2
3: Bosox Fan in Wichita 0
4: Liam, Summa Contra 7
5: Andy 3
6: tim 7
7: Patrick 3
8: Omnipotent Q 2
9 (and extras): Amber 6

12:40: Over! Leadoff dong for Freese. I love that that drughead Hamilton had to watch it sail over him. Cards win 10-9. We go to Game 7! They tore the jersey off Freese's back!

12:35: Rangers leave a man on. We go to the bottom of the 11th, 9 to 9. And in case you were wondering, yes, this is the all-time record for hand-facers. They even did a split-screen--pitcher on one side, hand-facer on the other!

12:25: Groundout to Beltre to end the 10th. We go the 11th! As for the contest, Amber has put up 4 extra inning runs to go to 5, two behind the leaders. If the Cards win, she's guaranteed to be 1 run behind at worst with one game left (though she might not get to bat). Also note, Verizon Providence missed the first three pitches of the bottom of the 10th. Unbelievable.

12:22: Rangers one strike away AGAIN.....and a flair hit to center! Tied again!!!!!! This baseball season is so historically fucked up, what the fuck am I seeing here....at least we're getting a boatload of fun here after the shitty September. 9-9! And the winning run is on third!

12:19: Theriot grounds out, run scores, guy at second holds there. 9-8 Texas. Pujols up with first base open. Looks like it'll be up to Berkman with Texas one out away again.

12:14: So they use a pitcher to sac bunt, and he bunts it in the air but past the third baseman and pitcher! But the shortstop still has time to make the play, throwing to the second baseman covering first, who has to stretch and make a scoop! What a play, that could have been a disaster for Texas. Anyway, tying runs on second and third.

12:10: Cards get leadoff man on! Tying run up in Jon Jay. And he bloops one into left! Two on, no outs, down 2!

12:02 AM: Wowsers, Penny. After one is out in the top of the 10th, the Rangers get a single, and Josh Hamilton comes up and hits a 2-run bomb. What a game. Texas up by 2 all over again. We go bottom 10. (My mom picked up those 2 runs, bringing her to 4, 3 shy of the leaders.)

11:55: And they get the next guy out. EXTRA INNINGS! So Amber picks up 2, and as I said, any extra inning runs go to my mom (Tex) and Amber (STL). So one of them could still get a win, OR, the series and the contest will go on!

11:54: Rangers one strike away...flied to right...over Cruz' head! Two runs score! Freese goes all the way to third and we're tied. Holy shit!!!!!! 7-7! Winning run at third!

11:50: Craig down looking. Rangers one out away. Tying runs on first and second. Mr. Freeze up.

11:48: Feliz walks Berkman on 4. Now 2-0 on Craig as the winning run!

11:44: Pujols with a double! Tying run up with one out.

11:43: One down. Pujols can't tie it here.

11:39: We go bottom 9, Cards down 7-5, Pujols up second in the inning. I love watching exciting baseball moments knowing that I'll be able to sleep soundly regardless of the outcome.

11:30: Wowww...Cards get a solo dong, then with 2 outs, load the bases, only to strand 3! So they're down 7-5 headed to the 9th. As for the contest, any runs left in this game will go to my mom or my real-life friend Amber.

11:14: No runs in top 8. Quinn and everybody else not named Liam or tim rooting for a lot of runs here in bottom 8. 7-4 Texas.

11:11: Patrick with a goose egg. So unless the Cards come up with 3, or there's a huge inning yet to come in the 8th or 9th, this contest ends in a tie.

11:00: Texas breaks out in the 7th with 3, starting with a Beltre dong. So they're up 7-4, 9 outs from winning the WS. The 3 runs went to former contest winner redsoxfandave--unfortunately he only had 1 going in. Crucial inning upcoming: Patrick is the nearest competitor to the lead who hasn't hit yet. He needs for to tie--if not, well, you're all rooting for STL to just keep this series alive. Except for tim and Liam, who are looking good for tying for the championship right now. (In that case, I will hold on to the ticket and let them know the number they're rooting for in the million dollar thing, and if they win, they get 500 grand each, minus applicable taxes.)

10:36: St. Louis scores to tie the game, and to allow tim to tie Liam! They also had bases loaded, one out with the run in, but Holliday got picked off third by the catcher (he also got picked off by Papelbon in a huge spot in the 2007 WS--I'm waiting for Buck & McCarver to bring that up). Now they're loaded the bases again with two outs in the 6th. If tim can get a run here he can lock this thing up tonight, as his nearest competitor has 3--but nope, they leave 'em loaded! So the game and our contest are tied! Gotta get the Cards to win this now and take it to a game 7.

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10:18: Excitement brewing in our contest (and also the game). After no real threats to the lead in the first few innings, Allan moved up to 4 with a run in the fourth. In the bottom half, our co-leader Liam scored one to move to 7. In the fifth, Ryan kept pace with Liam, moving to 6 with a run. And as I type, tim--the former co-leader--has 2 on with one out in the bottom of the 6th, needing a run to tie Liam.

The bonus excitement is that the bottom-half people know that if they score, they're making it more likely that the series goes on, in this tight ballgame, with the Cards down one, and now the bases loaded, bottom 6th. So if you're a top-half person down by one, you may have to root for the person ahead of you to score, to give you a chance to stay alive.

Last night's march in NYC--I love how the cops come and try to block everybody, but everybody just keeps running through. Don't want to be kettled by cops? Just don't let it happen. Beautiful.

And Theo is waving goodbye to you at the end.....

Things are getting pretty effed up in Oakland, as cops almost killed a protester (who happened to be an Iraq war vet) the other night. Now the people out there are reportedly walking across the Bay Bridge*, and calling for a general strike next Wednesday November 2nd, with others trying to make it a U.S.- or worldwide event. This could be huge.

*reports may or may not be true

The good news: We won't have to see Lackey pitch in 2012.

The b.n.: It's because he's getting Tommy John surgery--therefore I assume there will be no need to try to get rid of the guy, which means we might have to see him on our team in 2013. Either way, a year without Lackey is a good thing so I'll take it.

A few people got out of the zero hole tonight. We could be one game away from the end of this, and our leader board is: Liam and tim with 6, Ryan with 5, and heybluu with 4 thanks to a run tonight. Anybody can still win this with a big inning. The full board:

Rangers:
1: Ruben--RSN Alberta 1
2: Rich G 0
3: Section 36 1
4: Allan--Joy of Sox 3
5: Ryan 5
6: heybluu 4
7: redsoxfandave 1
8: Charlie 2
9: Mom 2

Cardinals:
1: Brendan 1
2: Kara 2
3: Bosox Fan in Wichita 0
4: Liam, Summa Contra 6
5: Andy 3
6: tim 6
7: Patrick 3
8: Omnipotent Q 1
9: Amber 1

Two games to two! That means we've got at least two more games for the contest, and a better possibility for a 7-game series, which is always fun. The Fox hand patrol was in force in the 9th tonight. Even when the whole crowd was either yelling, clapping, or waving towels, they'd always zoom in on the praying/hands-on-head/face fans. Even Buck tried to play up the drama by saying they were "anguished." It was 4 to nothing! Cheer and yell, and you won't get on TV. They'd rather invent drama than show you what's really going on.

Anyway, two new people got on the board tonight, with heybluu moving into a tie for fourth. Only five goose eggs left. With at least 2 more games left, you're all still in the hunt.

Rangers:
1: Ruben--RSN Alberta 1
2: Rich G 0
3: Section 36 0
4: Allan--Joy of Sox 3
5: Ryan 5
6: heybluu 3
7: redsoxfandave 1
8: Charlie 0
9: Mom 2

Cardinals:
1: Brendan 1
2: Kara 0
3: Bosox Fan in Wichita 0
4: Liam, Summa Contra 6
5: Andy 3
6: tim 6
7: Patrick 3
8: Omnipotent Q 1
9: Amber 1

Woohoo! Runs and more runs. Liam and tim lead it with 6, Ryan's in third with 5, and Allan, Andy, and Patrick are tied for fourth with 3. At least two games left.

Rangers:
1: Ruben--RSN Alberta 0
2: Rich G 0
3: Section 36 0
4: Allan--Joy of Sox 3
5: Ryan 5
6: heybluu 0
7: redsoxfandave 1
8: Charlie 0
9: Mom 2

Cardinals:
1: Brendan 1
2: Kara 0
3: Bosox Fan in Wichita 0
4: Liam, Summa Contra 6
5: Andy 3
6: tim 6
7: Patrick 3
8: Omnipotent Q 1
9: Amber 1