Everything will be alright, but that sure sucked.
I had this plan. I was going to take notes and be extremely attentive towards the game, plot all the little intricacies I might not notice otherwise, and be generally as prepared as possible to write this recap. That went out the door when the first pitch was thrown. Because playoff baseball is impossible to watch like that when you're heavily invested in the outcome of the game.
This wasn't a fun game, because no loss is fun. However, anybody who can say with a straight face that the Cardinals didn't show up this series or this game doesn't understand baseball or didn't watch the games.