Thread: Cardinals win World Series, beating the Rangers 6-2 in Game 7

I can't believe the phillys this post season, I was disappointed... But I'm a royals guys, so until we have pitching, we won't come close

Cardinals over the Rangers in 7 games!

Great question. As far as the division series, I'd like to see the Brewers and the Tigers, even though they beat my Yankees. Not their fault we hit like shit and blew a million chances to win. Nice to see some new blood in there. As far as the series, Brewers in 7.

Rangers and Brewers. Rangers in 6

brewers

Brewers

Brewskies

Brewers look solid and are an easy pick after battering the Cardinals in game #1 for sure. But... all the experts picked "Phillies in 3" especially after they battered the Cardinals in NLDS game #1 and we know how that turned out.

Looking forward to game #2 tonight, I don't expect Edwin Jackson is going to be a shaky kneed girlie man pitcher like Jaime Garcia was last night.

Good games all around so far!

Brewers are great at home and bad on the road. Lucky for them they have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

I hope y'all are wrong! I grew up in Arlington and already bought a ticket to game 4. Brewers look good no doubt, but I have faith my team will finally do it!

Originally Posted by TonyMack

I hope y'all are wrong! I grew up in Arlington and already bought a ticket to game 4. Brewers look good no doubt, but I have faith my team will finally do it!

I'm liking the Rangers.

If the Brew Crew slip past the Cardinals, kindly pound the crap out of them for me and take the world series trophy home.

Originally Posted by deadlifter405

I'm liking the Rangers.

If the Brew Crew slip past the Cardinals, kindly pound the crap out of them for me and take the world series trophy home.

Thanks bro! Can't wait.

I was at the first two games against Tampa, really exciting for me. I've been a fan for over 20 years and there's been soooo many loosing seasons, I'm just walking around with a huge smile on my face!

Ranger fan here.I`ve been with them since the very beginning.Losing 95 to a 100 games.It just feels great to see them winning.Especially like last night with an 11th inning grand slam.

Originally Posted by MDR

Great question. As far as the division series, I'd like to see the Brewers and the Tigers, even though they beat my Yankees. Not their fault we hit like shit and blew a million chances to win. Nice to see some new blood in there. As far as the series, Brewers in 7.

Yeah since the Yanks lost I'm done with baseball for the year but I think the Brewers will take it.

I wish the cards could do it.

cards win last night!

They didn't just win, they dished out a bully beatdown!

Bring on game #3.

High scoring game and the Cards are about to go to the World Series...

Guardedly optimistic about this game... but, hell yeah!!!

Rangers are flying to St. Louis already I think.

Originally Posted by deadlifter405

Cardinals over the Rangers in 7 games!

Oh yeah! Can I call it or what?

Great series with two great teams!

The Cardinals were definately a team of destiny. Freese could run for mayor of St Louis and get 95% of the votes. He was a stud in the playoffs.

Originally Posted by deadlifter405

Oh yeah! Can I call it or what?

Great series with two great teams!

You called it!

The city of St. Louis is celebrating another World Series championship as the Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 Friday night. Cards third baseman David Freese was named the Series MVP as Chris Carpenter got the win. (Oct. 28)

Oct 29, 1:35 PM EDT

Cards, Rangers give baseball quite a run in Series

By BEN WALKER
AP Baseball Writer

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- David Freese swooped in, expecting Elvis Andrus to bunt. He did, but the ball trickled wide of the line.

The St. Louis third baseman scooped up the foul, scanned the crowd and spotted his target sitting near the Texas dugout: a man in the front row wearing a Rangers jacket, with a glove.

Freese flipped him the souvenir, drawing a big smile and making yet another friend in his hometown.

Then again, why not? There was plenty to share in this World Series.
A Game 6 that ranked among baseball's greatest thrillers. A three-homer performance by Albert Pujols that's probably the best hitting show in postseason history. Ron Washington running in place, Tony La Russa reacting in dismay at a ball that got away. Everyone learning how to chant Nap-Oh-Lee!

Oh, and a Rally Squirrel on the scoreboard and a telephone mix-up in the bullpen.

"I told you it was going to be a great series - and it was," Texas slugger Josh Hamilton said.

Hamilton put Texas ahead with an RBI double in the first inning Friday night in Game 7. Freese and the Cardinals, however, would not be denied. A night after twice rallying when it was one strike from elimination, St. Louis came back to win the championship with a 6-2 victory.

"Now that we've won it, it makes yesterday greater," La Russa said.
Said Hamilton: "It was actually fun to watch and fun to see. You hate it, but it happened."

An October for fans cherish, for sure. As for how many saw these games nationwide, the numbers will tell. Going into the finale, TV ratings were up 11 percent over last year when San Francisco beat Texas.

Even before the opener, many observers predicted this Series would be a dud because it lacked big-market teams. Minus the likes of the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies, some said, it would attract little attention.
Inning by inning, it got more intriguing.

"I know there's been a lot of conversation about ratings," Commissioner Bud Selig said before Game 7. "Some of it, in my opinion ... was misinformed."

No mistaking that it was quite a run for baseball.

Exactly a month before the Cardinals won their 11th championship, they clinched a playoff spot on the final day of the regular season. The night of Sept. 28 was riveting - St. Louis capped a comeback from 10 1/2 games down to overtake Atlanta for the NL wild card, Tampa Bay completed its late surge to beat out Boston for the AL wild card.

The playoffs produced their moments, too. The one that brought winning and losing into a tight focus: Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals celebrating their 1-0 win over Roy Halladay in Philadelphia while star slugger Ryan Howard writhed on the ground, having torn his Achilles tendon during a game-ending groundout.

Soon after, the first Game 7 in the World Series since 2002.

"Somebody said on television, baseball has had a coming-out party since Labor Day. I don't think so. I think it's always there," Selig said. "It's produced for this country really a remarkable chain of events."

In a year punctuated by historic comebacks and epic collapses, it'd be easy to say the biggest rally of all belonged to baseball. That's what many like to say whenever the game shows up well.

Is it true, will that be so?

Selig insists the sport already is more popular than ever. Major league attendance slightly increased this season, ending three seasons of drops. The Chicago Cubs have renewed hope for next year after hiring Theo Epstein to oversee the club, a new ballpark is waiting in Florida for the team that will soon officially become the Miami Marlins.

Certainly a back-and-forth World Series boosted interest, helped by the two most magical words in sports: Game 7.

"There isn't anybody on this team, the other team, too, that when you're a young kid you don't think about winning the World Series, and it's always in Game 7," La Russa said.

Freese delivered the key hit, a two-run double that tied it in the first inning. The MVP of the NL championship series wound up adding the World Series MVP trophy.

He saved the Cardinals' season in Game 6, lining a two-strike, two-out, two-run triple in the ninth and then hitting a winning home run in the 11th.

An inning before Freese connected, Hamilton homered to put Texas ahead. Had the Rangers held on, mostly likely Mike Napoli would've been picked the Series MVP. So, so close.

Freese estimated he got about 45 minutes of sleep as Thursday night turned into Friday. A lot to think about for a player who quit baseball out of high school because it wasn't fun anymore. From done to donating his bat and jersey to the Hall of Fame.

"I'm trying to soak this all in," he said. "I've tried to soak in this whole postseason as much as I can because you never know if it's your last attempt at a title."

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This was a great series! I'm so glad the Cards came back n took it!

Cards deserved it. Great series.

are baseball players still considered athletes?

i didnt even no people still played baseball. my dad was talking asbout the world series and i was like wtf when did they even start season again? baseball..... just as shtty as golf