10th World Series Title Beckoning for St. Louis
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The Cardinals may be heading to their  first World Series since 1987 but there is nothing new about  post-season baseball in St. Louis.
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Larry Walker delivers three key hits as the Cardinals slug their way past the Astros, 10-7, Wednesday in Game 1 of a NLCS many feel is being unjustly overlooked.
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ST. LOUIS - Despite minimal production from the top and bottom of the batting order, St. Louis manager Tony La Russa intimated he wouldn&#39;t shake up his once-productive lineup for today&#39;s must-win Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
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LOS ANGELES -- This is not the ultimate goal, that much is clear. The Cardinals have a much higher aspiration than winning one postseason series.
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Heading into the World Series, I didn&#39;t think St. Louis&#39; pitching would be able to stop the Red Sox&#39; offense. Through the first two games, the advantage goes to the Red Sox.
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ST. LOUIS -- The Red Sox were the bold-faced headline on the 2004 season, the town crier in Kenmore Square. The long-suffering franchise fought its way through a cursed history to deliver a World Series triumph
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Houston Astros relief pitcher Dan Miceli looks to the outfield as St. Louis Cardinals&#39; Jim Edmonds starts to celebrate after hitting the game-winning home run that scored Albert Pujols in the 12th inning to
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LOS ANGELES - It has been 21 long years since the St. Louis Cardinals claimed its last World Series, the longest such drought in the old franchise&#39;s history.
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Pitching again through pain and seeping blood, Curt Schilling helped Boston move halfway to snaring its most elusive prize: a first World Series title in 86 years. Backed by another big hit from surprising Mark Bellhorn and unfazed by a defense that made four more errors, Red Sox beat St. Louis 6-2 Sunday to take a commanding 2-0 lead.
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ST. LOUIS Â· For all the commotion the Cardinals generated with the bats this season, the Astros entered the National League Championship Series believing they matched up offensively.
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Scott Rolen homered twice to become the first NL player to reach 100 RBIs this season and Danny Haren won for the first time in more than a year, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the Atlanta Braves 10-4 Sunday night.
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In the 10 years since major league baseball's lights were dimmed and the World Series canceled, players and owners have cashed in.
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Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen powered St. Louis back to the World Series with a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the N.L.C.S.
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ST. LOUIS - No visiting team has won at Busch Stadium during this postseason. Then again, no team had ever come back from an 0-3 series deficit in the playoffs, either.
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Mike Matheny had a pair of two-run singles Thursday night as St. Louis took command of its NL Division Series with an 8-3 win over Los Angeles.
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And now the World Series shifts to St. Louis and Busch Stadium. The Red Sox will find it an odd site for baseball in that no one will be yelling &quot;You Suck!
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St Louis, Missouri - Boston Red Sox players and their devoted fans have spent decades wondering what their emotions would be after the seemingly cursed club won a World Series title for the first time since 1918.