Cardinals

Finally, football has arrived!  After four weeks of flag-infested preseason games and backups abound, it's time to see the real stars of football in actual action (not that I don't like to see the average stringer every now-and-then).

It's a little strange to lose a body part. But that's what happened to St. Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter when surgeons removed one of his ribs in an attempt to alleviate pressure that was running up his pitching arm. After the surgery Carpenter was presented with the bone, and he knew just what to do with it:

If you have not heard what happened last night in St Louis then listen up. The St Louis Cardinals came back not once, but twice in back to back innings down by two runs. Last night had all the highs, and lows a World Series game should have. Yet some people might not even remember one of the best things about the game last night. It was was what Joe Buck said after David Freese's walk-off home run