While most of the east coast was sleeping last night the St. Louis Cardinals woke the ghosts of the past last night with their late inning heroics. The hero of the game David Freeze was quoted after the game as saying"we just believe in ourselves as a team. We don`t think anyone can beat us until you show us the scoreboard. We just don`t quit".

We just don`t quit ! What a statement of belief  by a member of a team that continues to amaze everyone in the baseball world. 82-80. The Cardinals were 10.5 games out on August 25th. A little more than a month later they are 92-70 and nine innings away from a World Series Championship !

This Game 6 goes down as one of the greatest games in the 130 + year history of the game of Baseball.

Freeze also echoed what Series hero Lance Berkman also stated after last night`s stunning come from behind victory. "We expect to win".

South Carolina won their second consecutive NCAA Championship last June with the same thread thru their team.

"We expect to win the game".

The power of the mental game on display in the game of baseball is a powerful motivator for High School players to believe in the mantra"Next Pitch-Next Play".

If you believe in Next Pitch-Next Play, you believe that your team can find a way to make a difference on that next pitch or that next play.

The St. Louis Cardinals to Next Pitch-Next Play to a whole different level on a chilly night in St. Louis , Missouri  in the year 2011.

On to Game 7 !!