St Louis Cardinals 2011 NLCS Champions!
Congratulations to the St Louis Cardinals, winners of the 2011 National League Pennant. On August 25, the Cardinals were 10 1/2 games out in their Division and it was nothing but a comedy of twists, turns and magic that they were able to advance to the National League Pennant race, let alone win it! The Cardinals won in fine fashion by a final score of 12-6.
It was the sixth game of the series and the Cards took 4 out of 2. It’s a surprise to everyone, except maybe the players themselves, that the Cardinals were able 
to overcome a whole lot of things to advance to the 2011 World Series against the Texas Rangers. One of the chants tonight was “11 in 11” which I was told means the Cards are going after their 11th world series win in 2011. This is the Cards 18th National League Pennant and Manager Tony LaRussa’s 6th trip to the World Series. The World Series begins Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Busch Stadium, St. Louis Missouri.
I was trying to think of a title for the blog tonight and these were some that came to mind:
- Meet Me in St. Louis Baby!
- This is One for the Birds!
- Tony’s Birds sing “Happy Flight” as they advance to the World Series
- Brew Crew Singing the Blues … St Louis Blues that is.
- St Louis advances to World Series … It’s in the Cards!
- Birds of a Feather Stick Together and Win!
David Freese 2011 NLCS MVP
MVP for the National League Series is St Louis native David Freese. Fantastic statistics. The 28-year-old third baseman has a 10-game postseason hitting streak as the wild-card Cardinals head home to open the World Series on Wednesday night against the AL Champion Texas Rangers. Freese also scored three times Sunday night and batted .545 (12 for 22) in the NLCS with three homers, three doubles, nine RBIs and seven runs.
At one point tonight before the game even ended one of the commentators made a comment that the Texas Rangers are a better team. Now this is before the game was even over, not certain who the winner was going to be. Well, okay, it was a pretty sure thing, but still. I don’t know, maybe they would have said the same thing if the score was 12-06 Milwaukee. But then he added, and this is not verbatim, something like “the American League has a way of making their clubs better”. Better than what? Good grief. I was rather leaning toward the St. Louis Cardinals before and now really don’t have any choice. I mean, aren’t we supposed to cheer for the “underdog”?
I guess maybe that’s why I have a feeling the St. Louis Cardinals are going to take it all in 2011. I don’t know, I’m just saying …..(forgive me for this) …..
A bird in hand is worth two in the busch!
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