The sport of baseball invented the word “IF.” The Pittsburgh Pirates’ season ended with a
loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in their 5 game series, 3 games to 2.  The Pirates actually lead the series 2 games
to 1; and,  IF the Card’s Matt
Holliday had not hit a 2 run homer, the Pirates would have won the game 1 – 0
and the series.  IF the Pirates
would have beaten the Cards, maybe it would be the Pirates playing in The World
Series instead of the Cards.