Cardinals beat Tigers for first World Series title since 1982
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Jeff Weaver scattered four hits over eight innings and David Eckstein drove in two runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 to win their first World Series title in 24 years. Scott Rolen drove in a run and Yadier Molina had three hits and scored twice at Busch Stadium in St. [...]
Cardinals aim for 2-1 World Series lead vs Tigers
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
The St. Louis Cardinals got the job done in Detroit. They wrestled home field advantage back from the Tigers and in the process greatly improved their World Series odds. Tony La Russa’s charges are still underdogs so far as winning the title is concerned but they’re the odds-on favorite to take a two-games-to-one series lead [...]
MLB Playoffs full of surprises: Anything can — and does — happen come October
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
In 1927, the Yankees won 110 games in the 154-game regular season and then swept the Pirates in four at the World Series. Babe Ruth said after leading the way: “We won the World Series before it even got started.”This is not 1927. It’s not any year since then, either. The 2006 Major League Baseball [...]
Cards’ La Russa changes lineup for Game 2 of World Series vs Tigers
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
The St. Louis Cardinals won Game 1 but had three new position players in their Game 2 lineup. The Detroit Tigers lost, but manager Jim Leyland made no changes to his lineup on Sunday night. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa went with Scott Spiezio at designated hitter, Preston Wilson in left and Aaron Miles at [...]
Tigers vs Cardinals: It’s Verlander vs Reyes in World Series Game 1
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
The Detroit Tigers, rested to the point of boredom, and the St. Louis Cardinals, spent to the point of ecstasy, will turn Detroit into their own brand of Mo-town starting Saturday night. They want Mo-re than the pennants they’ve already raised, the Tigers with a four-game ALCS sweep of Oakland that ended a week ago, [...]
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