Game Six!!!!!

I love Game Sixes! I think Game Sixes are always the best games. For some reason all-or-nothing showdowns in Game 7 seem to turn out to be blowouts.

But Game Sixes are always great. Somebody is always fighting to live one more day, while someone else knows if they don't put the other guy away, they might lose it all.

Illustrated above is a fine pic of one of the great games sixes in baseball history, the night in 1985 when Jorge Orta was safe at first and Kansas City broke the back of St. Louis. As we can see from the photo, Orta obviously beat stache guy (I think it was Todd Worrell) by so many steps that he was able to leap backwards off of first base, and almost beat the throw twice.

And, oh, to whatever broken-spirited Cards fan who photoshopped the fantasy championship pennant into the photo, why did you choose a photo of THIS play to illustrate your delusion? Why not a pic of Jack Clark dropping an easy foul pop? Why not a picture of the Cards scoring only once in the previous eight innings, thus putting your team in a position where an a blown call could hurt them? Why not a picture of the Cards failing to put the Royals away in Game 5?

Tonight the Chicago Blackhawks have a chance to put away the Flyers. I think it will probably be the greatest hockey game ever. And some free advice for the Blackhawks, "Don't give the Flyers five outs in the ninth inning if you are only up by one goal. They will likely take you up on that offer."

Yet, I am not going to watch (all of) it. Why?

Because I am going to be with you, beautiful! We'll drink a few beers at Cole's and watch Cameron Esposito or Adam Burke lead the Cole's Comics on a riotous adventure through the championship city. Old Leon and Old Patrick are working up their parts for Chelsea Dagger right now. So join Foz the Hook tonight at Cole's at 9:00 o'clock. The comics start at 9:30.

Unless you would prefer to watch Jorge Orta beat the Cards at hockey again.

I love games sixes!