Put the barrel of the bat on the ball.

How 'bout that Eckstein?

"Having the opportunity to be in that situation I was just hoping that, ya know, we can find a way to put a good at-bat together... to put the barrel of the bat on the ball. And fortunately enough, I was able to do it. And uh, it felt good."

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"He's five-foot-nothing, like me, and he's doing it, winning a World Series," Cardinals second baseman Aaron Miles said. "He's the heart and soul of this ballclub. We're all about fundamentally sound baseball, 110 (percent), give it all you've got, defensive-minded. That's what wins ballgames. That's David Eckstein."

And in a nutshell, that's the Cardinals.
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(Videolink to postgame press conference Eckstein/Wainwright)