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How two-out troubles confound Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, keep him two wins shy of 200
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Losing teams that returned to World Series
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Baseball's final 4, ranked by their World Series chances
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Nationals top Astros in Game 7 to win 1st World Series title – The Denver Post
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Cardinals Paint Crown Red - The New York Times
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Cardinals win World Series - as it happened!, Sport
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One Miracle Season
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WS2011 Gm7: Cardinals win 11th World Series title
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Texas Rangers are early favorites to win the World Series – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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St. Louis Cardinals: David Freese became a World Series hero nine years ago
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Ravens try for third straight win, travel to face struggling Cardinals, Pro National Sports
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Memories of David Freese 2011 World Series
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Tyrone Taylor leads Brewers to 3-2 win over Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers
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Dodging rainstorms and multiple delays, Cardinals drench Yankees to win Game 1, 11-4