Comeback Story of the Year

While I've followed the Yankees-Orioles series most closely, another, possibly even more remarkable rebound occurred last night in Washington. The Cardinals, down 6 - 0 after three innings, scratched and clawed and whittled the Nationals lead down, before  shocking the Nationals with four runs in the 9th for 9 - 7 win in the fifth and deciding game of their NLDS series.

• Here's the box score and statistics from Baseball-Reference.com.

I don't see the Cardinals as often -- they generally come into New York just once a year. This picture came from a Spring Training game back in '07. But on the morning after they shocked the team with the best record in the National League -- at Nationals Park -- the heroics of unsung (and by me, still unphotographed) Pete Kozma and Daniel Descalso deserve some praise in this space.