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THE STORY OF 2011 WORLD SERIES

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The 2011 World Series was the 107th edition of Major League Baseball's championship

series. The best-of-seven playoff was played between the American League champions

Texas Rangers and the National League champions St. Louis Cardinals,with the

Cardinals defeating the Rangers in seven games to win their 11th World Series

championship and their first since 2006.


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The Series was noted for its back-and-forth Game 6, in which the Cardinals erased a

two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning, then did it again in the 10th. In both

innings, the Rangers were one strike away from their first World Series championship.

The Cardinals won the game in the 11th inning on a walk-off home run by David

Freese. The Series was also known for the blowout Game 3, in which Cardinals player

Albert Pujols hit three home runs, a World Series feat previously accomplished only by

Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth, and subsequently only by Pablo Sandoval (in 2012).


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The Series began on October 19, earlier than the previous season so that no games

would be played in November. The Cardinals enjoyed home-field advantage for the

series because the National League won the 2011 All-Star Game 5–1 on July 12. The

2011 World Series was the first World Series to go all seven games since 2002.


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The St. Louis Cardinals' 2011 season was the team's 130th season in St. Louis,

Missouri, its 120th season in the National League, and its sixth season at Busch

Stadium III. The Cardinals began their season at home against the San Diego Padres

on March 31, following an 86–76 (.531) record and second-place finish in the NL

Central in 2010. The team returned to postseason play in 2011 as the Wild Card team,

after finishing second in the NL Central to the Milwaukee Brewers by six games. The

Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the Division Series and the

Milwaukee Brewers in six games in the National League Championship Series. They

defeated the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series in seven games.


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The ratings started off poorly, averaging just 8.4 through its first 5 games (at this

time, the record for lowest World Series rating was 8.4, set by the 5 games 2008

World Series and the 5 games 2010 World Series). Game 3 also produced a 6.6

rating, making it the second lowest World Series rated game of all-time (behind the

6.1 rating in Game 3 of the 2008 World Series and Game 3 of the 2012 World

Series). However, Games 6 and 7 generated massive ratings that brought the

overall average to 9.9. The 14.7 rating for Game 7 is the network's highest for a

World Series telecast since Game 4 of the 2004 World Series.


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