WOW!

The top of the ninth was a harried experience for San Francisco. The Cardinals had a major scoring opportunity with the bases loaded and a wild pitcher on the mound.

A new pitcher came in and ended the threat. The score was still tied.

So in typical, cool playoff baseball style, with two on in the bottom of the ninth, San Francisco's  Travis Ishikawa launched a 3-run, walk-off home run into the bleachers. The FIRST time the Giants had a walk off home run in the playoffs since the most famous homerun in baseball history, Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round the World" in a 1951 playoff game.

NOTHING could have been cooler than this.

EVERYTHING went just as I had hoped. It was if everything was written by a corny Hollywood script writer. That's why baseball is so great. It MAKES history while at the same time giving a nod to its great history.

Both wild card teams are in The Series  while the "best teams" in baseball will all be sitting at home, with rest of us, waiting to see who wins this battle of the underdogs. I WANT Kansas City.

BUT, San Francisco is an excellent second choice.

What a World Series we have to look forward to.

Go baseball!