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The 2011 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2011 season. [1] The 107th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; [2] [3] the Cardinals defeated the Rangers in seven games to win their 11th World Series championship ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 82nd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12 with the National League defeating the American League for the second straight year, by a score of 5–1. As had been the case since 2003, the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series.
“That was my worst sports moment,” said 63-year-old Ranger fan Craig Hamby before Game 4 of the American League Championship series. “If they ever win a World Series it would help ease that ...
October 13 – George Scherger, 90, minor-league infielder, instructor and manager who spent 14 seasons spanning 1970 to 1986 as an MLB coach for the Cincinnati Reds; member of 1975 and 1976 World Series champions. October 16 – Don Williams, 80, relief pitcher for the 1958–59 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1962 Kansas City Athletics.
The current 9.3/15 average for the 2011 World Series would rank as the sixth highest-rated show (live+same day) in primetime, a ranking that was likely to improve with the inclusion of a rare Game 7. Game 6 opened with an 8.5 at 8:00 PM EDT and grew steadily throughout the night averaging 11.7 from 9:00–9:30 PM EDT; 12.9 from 10:00–10:30 PM ...
He helped the Boston Red Sox end an 86-year championship drought, winning the 2004 World Series. Martínez became the 15th pitcher in MLB history to finish his career with more than 3,000 strikeouts.
The defending World Series champs have spent $384.5 million dollars in free agency this winter, a figure that doesn’t include a $74 million extension for utilityman Tommy Edman or the signing of ...