Congratulations, St. Louis!

I got back from a Halloween party at 1am, somehow avoiding news about the game all night. As soon as I got home, I fired up the TiVo and watched the entire thing. Anytime the World Series can be decided, I'm sorry, I have to watch as soon as humanly possible.

I still have a hard time accepting that an 83-win team just won the freaking World Series, on the arm of Jeff Weaver of all people. And I also get the feeling that the win tonight was very anti-climactic, from the build-up throughout the entire game, to Joe Buck's call of the final out (which, considering that he's a Cardinal fan, was uninspired compared to his calls for the Red Sox and the White Sox). Maybe it was just because I wasn't watching it live, and maybe it's because I'm bitter that the Red Sox had a better record than St. Louis and didn't even register on the AL playoff radar, but this just feels... unimportant. And I can't shake the feeling that the A's or Yankees would have killed this team.

Bah - I'll stop babbling. The Cards were the best team in October, and it showed this week. Now let's fire up the hot stove...

EDIT: I just heard the Cardinals radio call, and that guy didn't sound too excited either. Is it just that nobody can even believe that this could have happened? I'm baffled.