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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 ...
La Russa led the Cardinals to the 2011 World Series, after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS (3–2), and then the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS (4–2). The Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the World Series to win the franchise's 11th World Championship, and the third of La Russa's managerial career.
October 28 – The St. Louis Cardinals win their 11th World Series title, defeating the Texas Rangers 6–2 at Busch Stadium. Third baseman David Freese is named Series MVP and is awarded a new 2012 Chevrolet Corvette. The game would be the last of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's 33-year career as he announces his retirement 3 days later.
Rangers manager Ron Washington assured fans the team would bounce back, but the Cardinals won the series finale 6-2 making the Rangers the first team since the 1991-1992 Atlanta Braves to lose ...
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 ...
Tony La Russa, who last managed an MLB team in 2011, is returning to the dugout. La Russa landed his first manager gig with the White Sox in 1979, leading the team through 1986.
As had been the case since 2003, the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series. Accordingly, the World Series began on October 19, and ended on October 28, with the St. Louis Cardinals winning in seven games over the Texas Rangers. [1] The season is notable for its wild card chase on the last day of the regular season.
There was a time when Tony La Russa was considered an inventive, forward-thinking manager. That was over a decade ago, when La Russa led the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series win in 2011 and ...