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

Maybe postseason results shouldn’t define a pitcher, but the World Series may well turn on the battle of wills between Chris Carpenter and C.J. Wilson in Game 5.

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On Baseball: World Series — The Inescapable Pressure on the Big-Game Pitcher

Derek Holland pitched into the ninth inning as Texas tied the World Series at two games apiece with a shutout.

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Rangers 4, Cardinals 0: World Series: Rangers Shut Out Cardinals and Tie Series

ARLINGTON, Tex. — Of all the people you could have tabbed to restore some sanity to a World Series that had suddenly devolved into a world of football-like scores and record-setting offensive outbursts, the last might have been Derek Holland, a gawky lefty prone to short mound outings whose wispy mustache suggests someone whose big stage should be the senior prom, not Game 4 of the Fall Classic. Read full article > >

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2011 World Series Game 4: Derek Holland and Rangers shut down Cardinals

In a performance destined to be etched in bronze on a plaque in Cooperstown, Albert Pujols produced one of the greatest nights a hitter has ever had in the World Series.

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For Albert Pujols of St. Louis, 3 Home Runs for a Record Night

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

ARLINGTON, Tex. — By shifting some 650 miles to the south-southwest Saturday night, the World Series gained about 30 degrees of autumnal warmth, a pair of designated hitters, a whole lot of cowboy hats in the stands and a new dimension commonly known as “offense.” If Games 1 and 2 in St. Louis were baseball as chess, their drama revealed in subtleties, Game 3 at hitter-friendly Rangers Ballpark was baseball as pinball, with Albert Pujols at the controls. Read full article > >

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2011 World Series Game 3: Albert Pujols hits three home runs to push Cardinals past Rangers

ST. LOUIS The ninth inning of Game 2 of the World Series here in Busch Stadium was the definition of a pivotal moment in a baseball championship. All year, every year, fans hear about the vital importance of fundamentals — hitting the cutoff man, situational hitting and the tiny details of inside baseball that exemplify the Game of Inches. This desperately needed 2-1 Texas win to tie a taut series took that inside game — this evening of Purist Heaven — to the hilt. Read full article > >

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World Series Game 2: Cardinals’ missed cutoff is lost opportunity

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 — The starting pitcher had carried the game all the way to the seventh inning, a rare luxury for the St. Louis Cardinals this postseason, and with a one-run lead and nine outs to go, the 46,406 red-clad faithful in attendance Wednesday night at Busch Stadium, home of the savviest fans in baseball, could practically pinch-manage the rest of Game 1 of the World Series for Tony La Russa. Read full article > >

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2011 World Series Game 1: St. Louis edges Texas Rangers led by Chris Carpenter

Albert Pujols has been the best player in baseball since his rookie year of 2001. He will be a free agent after the season, but first there’s the World Series to attend to.

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Still Great. Still Albert Pujols.

Game 6 of the National League series proved a manager’s delight, with 6 home runs in the first three innings, as St. Louis’ deeper relief propelled them past Milwaukee.

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Cardinals 12, Brewers 6: Cardinals Slug Their Way Into the World Series

Michael Young drove in five runs for the Rangers, who are going back to the World Series, and this time they would appear to be the favorite to win it.

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Rangers 15, Tigers 5: Rangers Storm Back Into Another World Series

Ugandan Little League players watched from home as Saudi Arabia, the team they had beaten to advance to the World Series, took their place in the tournament against Canada at South Williamsport, Pa.

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Frustrating View of Game Day

The Albany district attorney decided not to charge David A. Paterson with perjury following his testimony to the ethics commission about taking accepting free World Series tickets.

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Ex-Governor of New York Will Not Face Perjury Charge