Say this for Tony La Russa: He makes baseball interesting. Other words commonly associated with the Cardinals manager: brilliant, stupid, egotistical, generous, frustrating, crotchety. But if we’re going to yell hyperboles and start bar fights about baseball, there’s no better man to start the arguments.

That was a great World Series. Seven games, one all-time classic (Game 6), four unknown heroes (Allen Craig, Mike Napoli, Derek Holland and MVP David Freese), one historic feat (Albert Pujols’ three-homer Game 3) and an ultimate underdog winning it all. You’ve probably heard about the guy who put $250 on the Cardinals to win it all when they were a  999-to-1 long shot. It was that kind of season for Major League Baseball.

And it produced writing. Lots of writing. Not all of it was good, of course. But plenty was. Here, in a special Five (plus two)-on-One, we spin through one great read from every game. Enjoy.