Louisville withstood a closing run by Cincinnati for a victory Saturday night that gave the Cardinals their second Big East tournament championship.

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Louisville 50, Cincinnati 44: Louisville Turns Back Cincinnati’s Late Run and Rules the Big East

Pujols, a three-time National League M.V.P., leaves the Cardinals after helping them to a dramatic regular-season comeback and the World Series championship last season.

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Angels Lure Pujols With 10-Year Contract

Three days after the Cardinals won the World Series, Tony La Russa retired with 2,728 victories, third most among managers.

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Cardinals’ La Russa Announces Retirement

After winning the third World Series of his 33-year managerial career, St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa is stepping down. “There isn’t one [factor] that dominates [my decision],” La Russa said at a news conference in St. Louis. “They all just come together telling you your time is over. “We went through the season and I felt that this just feels like it’s time to end it and I think it’s going to be great for the Cardinals to refresh what’s going on here. I’m looking forward to what’s ahead. I’m ready to do something different.” Read full article > >

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The Cardinals, who made the postseason with the fewest wins, 90, of any playoff team, won their 11th World Series title by beating the Rangers in a series that went all seven games.

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Cardinals 6, Rangers 2: Cardinals Win World Series

ST. LOUIS — The Texas Rangers were finding out Thursday night, in Game 6 of the World Series, what the entire National League found out in September, what the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers found out in October: You cannot kill the St. Louis Cardinals . If they are down to their last game, they will win it. If they are down to their last out, they will redeem it. If they are down to their last strike, you’d better paint the corner and pray. Read full article > >

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2011 World Series Game 6: St. Louis Cardinals beat Texas Rangers, force Game 7 on David Freese homer in 11th

In a back-and-forth Game 6, the Cardinals’ David Freese hit a walk off home run against the Rangers in the bottom of the 11th inning.

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Cardinals 10, Rangers 9 (11 innings): Cardinals Outlast Rangers to Force Game 7

Two men with decades in baseball, Bud Selig, the game’s commissioner, and Bill DeWitt, the St. Louis Cardinals owner, celebrated the most thrilling contest of their lives.

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Cardinals 10, Rangers 9 (11 innings): For DeWitt and Selig, the Game of a Lifetime

The Rangers answered the Cardinals with another run in the top of the second off of Ian Kinsler’s RBI double, tying the score at 2-2.

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ST. LOUIS Gradually, one piece at a time in five interwoven installments, this World Series has turned into one of the finest in many years. Little was expected perhaps. Much has already been delivered. And even more is now promised as Game 6 returns here on Wednesday with the Cardinals clinging to life. Read full article > >

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World Series delivers more than expected

Albert Pujols became only the third player to hit three home runs in a World Series game, helping the Cardinals emerge with a victory over the Rangers to take a one-game lead in the World Series.

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Cardinals 16, Rangers 7: Cardinals Beat Rangers and Lead the World Series

With five relievers and a clutch pinch-hit by Allen Craig, the Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the World Series.

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Cardinals 3, Rangers 2: World Series — Bullpen Maneuvers Give St. Louis the Edge

ST. LOUIS — Six and a half months ago, the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals opened seasons defined, to that point, by the loss of an ace. Cliff Lee had defected from the Rangers via free agency in December. St. Louis’s Adam Wainwright had blown out his elbow in mid-February. There would be injuries, trades, winning streaks and losing streaks ahead, but both teams knew way back then that success would depend largely upon their ability to withstand the losses of their No. 1 starters. Read full article > >

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In Cardinals, Rangers, 2011 World Series pits ultimate survivors against each other

The Cardinals, who led the National League in runs scored, won the fifth game of their division series on Friday because their own ace, Chris Carpenter, beat the Phillies at their own game.

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Cardinals 1, Phillies 0: Cardinals’ Carpenter Outdoes Halladay to Oust Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps when you have been 10 1 / 2 games out of a playoff spot with less than five weeks remaining in the regular season and have lived to tell about it, the predicament that faced the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night didn’t seem so daunting. Nonetheless, they could not have felt good about seeing their ace clobbered in the early innings of Game 2 of the National League Division Series — a series in which they already trailed by a game — and being down four runs to the premier left-hander pitcher in baseball. Read full article > >

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Cardinals vs. Phillies: St Louis rallies vs. Cliff Lee to tie NL Division Series at one