Dodgers’ Manager Don Mattingly and Cardinals’ Manager Mike Matheny visit at home plate for the traditional home plate meeting.                         Photo via Flickr/Ken Lund

Someone tell the fat lady she is on in five! That is what the Los Angeles Dodgers were thinking with a 6-1 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. I think one certain Dodger may have jinxed them! I think this because the Cardinals fought back to win the game 10-9 and held off the Dodgers in the ninth inning.

I still have a hard time believing the words of Carl Crawford when he said “With Kershaw on the mound, I was like everyone else, I thought the game was over.” There is no way after seeing what happened to the Texas Rangers in 2011 that you can believe that you have the game locked down! The Rangers were one strike away from World Series glory in back-to-back championship clenching games and the Cardinals fought back and won in both! The only logical explanation why one would think that way is because David Freese now plays for the Los Angeles Angels, and he was the hero in those two comeback wins against the Rangers; but let’s face it, the Cardinals have the majority of the players on the team still! Little league players need to look at the St. Louis Cardinals as proof that no game is over until it’s over!