2006 World Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season St. Louis Cardinals (4) Tony La Russa 83–78, .516, GA:1+1⁄2 Detroit Tigers (1) Jim Leyland 95–67, .586, GB: 1
Dates	October 21–27
Venue(s)	Comerica Park (Detroit) Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
MVP	David Eckstein (St. Louis)
Umpires	Randy Marsh (crew chief),Alfonso Márquez,Wally Bell,Mike Winters,John Hirschbeck,Tim McClelland
Hall of Famers	Cardinals: Tony La Russa (manager) Scott Rolen Tigers: Jim Leyland (manager) Iván Rodríguez
Broadcast
Television	Fox (United States) MLB International (International)
TV announcers	Joe Buck andTim McCarver (Fox) Dave O'Brien andRick Sutcliffe (MLB International)
Radio	ESPN KTRS (STL) WXYT (DET)
Radio announcers	Jon Miller andJoe Morgan (ESPN) Mike Shannon andJohn Rooney (KMOX) Dan Dickerson,Ernie Harwell (Game 1) andJim Price (WXYT)
ALCS	Detroit Tigers overOakland Athletics (4–0)
NLCS	St. Louis Cardinals overNew York Mets (4–3)
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The2006 World Series was thechampionship series ofMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2006 season. The 102nd edition of the World Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff between theAmerican League (AL) championDetroit Tigers and theNational League (NL) championSt. Louis Cardinals; the Cardinals won the series in five games to win their tenth World Series championship. This was the third World Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals, the first in 38 years. The Cardinals won the first in1934, and the Tigers won the second in1968; each went the full seven games.

It was only the fifth time in 40 years that the Series featured two teams that had both remained in the same city since the formation of the AL in 1901, the last time being the2004 World Series betweenSt. Louis and theBoston Red Sox. The last three prior to 2004 were in1975 (Boston–Cincinnati), 1968 (Detroit–St. Louis) and1967 (Boston–St. Louis).

The Cardinals, who moved intoBusch Stadium III in April, became the fourth team to win the Series in their home stadium's debut season, joining the1909Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field),1912Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park) and1923New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium I).^[1] In 2009, they would be joined by the2009New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium II). With this win, the Cardinals would join the Yankees on becoming only the second team in MLB history to win 10 World Series Championships. It also marked the franchise's first championship since1982. CardinalsmanagerTony La Russa, who won the1989 World Series title with theAthletics, became the second manager in history to lead teams in both leagues to championships, joiningSparky Anderson. Tigers managerJim Leyland, who won the1997 World Series title with theMarlins, also could have become the second manager in history to lead teams in both leagues to championships, had the Tigers won the series.

The Cardinals finished the regular season 83–78, which was the second-worst record ever for a league champion (the1973 New York Mets finished 82–79) and the worst record ever for a World Series champion. Previously, the1987 Minnesota Twins finished 85–77 and defeated that year'sCardinals team in the1987 World Series.^[2]

This World Series would be the last time until2023 in which both teams failed to make thenext season's playoffs.

SinceInterleague Play began in 1997, this marked the third time a World Series would be a rematch of the regular season. The Tigers swept the Cardinals in three games atComerica Park from June 23–25.

Neither team was given much chance to advance far into October by many baseball pundits.^[3] Both teams stumbled through the second halves of their seasons. The Tigers, only three years removed fromhaving the most losses in a season by an AL team and enjoying their first successful season after 12 years of futility, surprised the baseball world by building a ten-game lead in theAmerican League Central, but eventually the lead evaporated in the final months and they lost the division to theMinnesota Twins on the last day of the season after being swept by the last-placeKansas City Royals at home, settling for a playoff berth as the AL Wild Card. The Cardinals held a seven-game advantage in theNational League Central over theCincinnati Reds and an8+1⁄2-game lead over theHouston Astros with just two weeks to play. However, the combination of a seven-game losing streak by St. Louis and an eight-game winning streak by the Astros (highlighted by a four-game sweep of the Cardinals in Houston) caused the Cardinals' lead to shrink to half a game with only a few games left. However, the Cardinals held on to clinch the division after an Astros' loss to theAtlanta Braves on the last day of the season.

Thus, both the Tigers and Cardinals were clear underdogs in their matches, against theNew York Yankees andSan Diego Padres, respectively. The Tigers' pitching took care of the vaunted Yankees lineup, and wontheir series 3–1. The Cardinals also wontheir series 3–1, including the first two games in San Diego. The Tigers then swept theOakland Athletics in theALCS, winning game four on a three-runwalk-off home run byMagglio Ordóñez in the bottom of the ninth. The Cardinals wontheir series against theNew York Mets with the help of a ninth-inning home run byYadier Molina in a tense Game 7.

The Tigers hadhome-field advantage in the Series, due to the AL's 3–2 win over the NL in theAll-Star Game on July 11 atPNC Park inPittsburgh. These two teams had already played against each other in a three-game series in June 2006, where the Tigers swept the Cardinals 3–0 in Detroit, part of an eight-game Cardinals losing streak. This was the first time since 2000 that teams meeting during the regular season met again in the World Series.

The Series marked the third time in a row that both teams sought to win a championship after at least a 20-year drought. In2004, theBoston Red Sox endedtheir 86-year hiatus by defeating the Cardinals; in2005 theChicago White Sox ended an 88-year drought by defeating theHouston Astros, who were competing in their first World Series after 43 seasons. The Tigers had not appeared in the World Series since winning it in1984. The Cardinals last won in1982, losing three times since then, in1985,1987, and 2004.

The Tigers were the eighthwild card team to compete in the World Series since MLB introduced the wild card in 1994. A wild-card team participated in the Series from 2002 to 2007.

Riding the momentum they built up during their surprisingly easy ALDS and ALCS victories, Detroit entered the Series as a prohibitive favorite.^[4]Bob Nightengale ofUSA Today expressed popular sentiment when he wrote "Tigers inthree".^[5]

St. Louis'managerTony La Russa joined his mentor,Sparky Anderson, as only the second manager to win the World Series with teams in both leagues. La Russa won in1989 with theAthletics. Coincidentally, Anderson first accomplished the feat by managing Detroit to their previous championship in 1984. He was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2. If the Tigers had defeated the Cardinals, Jim Leyland would have joined Anderson for this feat instead of LaRussa as he had already won the1997 World Series with theFlorida Marlins. When he came to St. Louis, La Russa wore number 10 to symbolize the team's drive to their 10th championship and pay tribute to Anderson, who wore number 10 while manager of theCincinnati Reds.^[6] After winning the championship, he chose to continue wearing number 10 to pay tribute to Anderson.^[7]

Jim Leyland is the seventh manager to win pennants in both leagues. The previous six areJoe McCarthy (1929 Cubs and the Yankees of1932,1936–39 and1941–43),Yogi Berra (1964 Yankees,1973 Mets),Alvin Dark (1962 Giants,1974 A's),Sparky Anderson (1970,1972,1975–76 Reds,1984 Tigers),Dick Williams (1967 Red Sox,1972–73 A's,1984 Padres), and Tony La Russa (1988–90 A's,2004,2006 Cardinals).

Additionally, the opposing managers are close friends. Leyland was La Russa's third base coach for theChicago White Sox in the early 1980s. Leyland also served as a Pittsburgh-based advance scout for the Cardinals before he was hired by the Tigers.

This was the first World Series in 22 years to have two previous World Series-winning managers facing each other, but at the helms of new teams. As previously mentioned, Leyland previously won the1997 World Series with theFlorida Marlins, and La Russa won the1989 World Series with theOakland Athletics. Overall, it was the first World Series since1999 to have two previous Series-winning managers facing each other.

St. Louis Cardinals won the series, 4–1.

†: Game 4 was postponed due to rain on October 25, forcing Game 5 to be subsequently pushed back a day as well.

Two rookies faced off in Game 1 for the first time in history:Anthony Reyes for St. Louis andJustin Verlander for Detroit. It looked like the Tigers were going to get to Reyes early in the bottom of the first, whenCraig Monroe doubled andMagglio Ordóñez walked.Carlos Guillén singled Monroe in, giving the Tigers a 1–0 lead. However, in the top of the second,Scott Rolen hit a long home run to left field, tying the score at 1–1. Rolen was 0-for-15 in his career in the World Series before hitting the home run. The previous mark had been 0-for-13, set byBenny Kauff of theNew York Giants in the1917 World Series. In the third inning, St. Louis broke through, first whenChris Duncan's RBI double scoredYadier Molina to give the Cardinals the lead. On Verlander's next pitch, 2005 National League MVPAlbert Pujols hit a two-run home run, punishing the rookie who elected to pitch to the dangerous Pujols, rather than walk him with first base open and two outs and pitch toJim Edmonds.

Meanwhile, Anthony Reyes pitched well. The pitcher who had the fewestregular season wins of a Game 1 World Series starter (5)^[13] at one point retired 17 in a row from the first inning to the sixth inning, a World Series record for a rookie. The previous record was thirteen (John Stuper, STL,1982, andDickey Kerr,CHW,1919). Reyes' final line was eight-plus innings, four hits, two runs, and four strikeouts. The Cards took advantage of Detroit's mistakes again in the sixth, whenBrandon Inge made two errors in one play. With runners on second and third, Inge threw to home wild to score a run and thenobstructed Scott Rolen, who was running home, to score another run.Craig Monroe hit a home run off Reyes in the bottom of the ninth, which led to Reyes beingpulled from the game, asBraden Looper came in to finish the game. The final score was 7–2 Cardinals, marking the first time since 2003 that the National League had won a World Series game, and the first World Series game won by St. Louis since Game 5 of the1987 World Series.

Before the game's start,John Mellencamp andLittle Big Town performed "Our Country". With a starting temperature of 44 °F (7 °C),^[14] controversy surrounded the start of Game 2 when Tigers starting pitcherKenny Rogers was found to have a substance on a patch of the palm of his pitching hand during the first inning. Although Cardinals hitters claimed that the ball was doing "weird things" in the first inning, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa did not request an inspection of Rogers' hand to determine what the substance was. Rogers claimed it was a combination of dirt and rosin (both legal), but complied with a request from the umpires to wash his hands before the second inning.^[15]

Unfazed, Rogers would go on to pitch eight shutout innings while surrendering only two hits, running his postseason streak to 23 straight shutout innings. Craig Monroe hit his second home run in the series, and Carlos Guillén, who was a home run away from thecycle, and Sean Casey each drove in runs to give the Tigers a 3–0 lead going into the ninth.Todd Jones then came into the game to close it out but got into a heavy jam (he had an error which contributed to the jam), with Scott Rolen being driven in byJim Edmonds before a force-out at second with the bases loaded won the game for the Tigers.Craig Monroe became the fifth player to hit a home run in each of his first two World Series games. The others wereBarry Bonds for the Giants in2002,Ted Simmons for the Brewers in1982,Dusty Rhodes for the New York Giants in1954, andJimmie Foxx for the Philadelphia Athletics in1929.St. Louis pitcherJeff Weaver (the same pitcher who as a Yankee had surrendered the walk-off home run in game 4 of the2003 World Series) surrendered all three Detroit runs in his five innings of work and took the loss for the Cardinals.

After the Cardinals were shut out by Detroit pitcher Kenny Rogers for eight innings in Game 2, St. Louis starterChris Carpenter answered with eight innings of his own in a 5–0 Cardinals victory in Game 3. Carpenter, making his World Series debut (he missed the entire2004 World Series due to injury) gave up only three hits, struck out six and did not issue awalk, while throwing only 82 pitches. Only one Tiger reached second base.^[13]

St. Louis began the scoring in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded two-run double by center fielderJim Edmonds off of Nate Robertson. Two more runs would score in the bottom of the seventh, when Detroit relieverJoel Zumaya walked Eckstein andPreston Wilson. He got Albert Pujols to ground a ball back to him, but Zumaya overthrew third basemanBrandon Inge on what should have been a routine force out, which allowed both Eckstein and Wilson to score. St. Louis would add another run in the eighth, withFernando Rodney walking So Taguchi, allowing a single to Eckstein, and throwing a wild pitch to score Taguchi.

RelieverBraden Looper would pitch a perfect ninth to close out the game and give St. Louis a two-games-to-one advantage in the Series.

The Cardinals became the first team since theCincinnati Reds in1970 to host a World Series game in their first season in anew ballpark.

Game 4 was pushed back a day because of rain, the first time a rainout had occurred in the World Series since Game 1 in1996. The fans from the game were to attend Game 5. (Thus, fans who had tickets for Game 5 went to Game 4 instead.) The Cardinals won, taking a 3–1 series lead. The starters wereJeff Suppan for the Cardinals andJeremy Bonderman for the Tigers. The Tigers took a 3–0 lead into the top of the third, afterSean Casey had twoRBIs, including a home run. The other RBI came from Detroit'sIván Rodríguez, who singled inCarlos Guillén. Rodriguez, who had been hitless in the previous three games, also went 3-for-4.

In the bottom of the third, the Cardinals struck back with a run-scoring double byDavid Eckstein, scoringAaron Miles who had the first stolen base of the series by either team.Yadier Molina doubled inScott Rolen in the fourth to cut the Tiger lead to 3–2. The score remained that way until the bottom of the seventh, when Eckstein led off with a double over the head ofCurtis Granderson, who had slipped on the wetBusch Stadium outfield grass. Had Granderson not slipped, this likely would have been an out. Eckstein then scored on an attempted sacrifice bunt bySo Taguchi that was thrown over the head of second basemanPlácido Polanco, who was covering first byFernando Rodney, and that tied the score at three, allowed Taguchi to get to second, and cost Rodney a blown save. Rodney then intentionally walked Albert Pujols and got two outs, but then allowedPreston Wilson to hit a single to left with two outs that scored Taguchi from third and gave the Cardinals the lead. The Tigers tied the game in the top of the eighth when Ivan Rodriguez doubled, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on aBrandon Inge double.Adam Wainwright, the winning pitcher, was charged with a blown save, but escaped the inning with two strikeouts. The Cardinals then scored the winning run in the bottom of the inning. Detroit relieverJoel Zumaya walkedYadier Molina, then got Miles to hit into a force play with Molina out at second. Zumaya struck out Juan Encarnacion, but his strike three went wild and allowed Miles to advance to second. Miles then scored on another double by Eckstein just off the glove of outfielderCraig Monroe, who had been playing shallow and dove for a ball just out of his reach.^[13] Wainwright then pitched a scoreless ninth to end the game.

On a day in which it rained much of the day but stopped early enough so that the lack of a dome did not delay the game, the Cardinals won to clinch the championship four games to one, making this the first five-game series since theYankees–Mets Series in2000. The starter for Detroit was game 1 loserJustin Verlander and the Cardinals starter was game 2 loserJeff Weaver. Weaver got an extra day of rest to avoid pitching on three days rest.

Justin Verlander pitched a sloppy first inning for Detroit, walking three and tying a World Series record for a single inning by throwing two wild pitches. He avoided allowing any runs, however, thanks to a good play by shortstopCarlos Guillén to get the third out on what was almost an infield hit.

The Cardinals took the lead in the second inning on a lead-off single byYadier Molina followed by two advancing groundouts, and then an infield single byDavid Eckstein. Detroit third basemanBrandon Inge made a good play to stop the ball off Eckstein's bat, but then made a poor throw to first which got by first basemanSean Casey and allowed Eckstein to advance to second. The throwing error was the seventh error of the series by the Tigers, also giving them at least one error in every game to that point. However, Verlander bucked down and struck outChris Duncan to get out of the inning.

Cardinals pitcherJeff Weaver (an ex-Tiger) was cruising into the fourth inning, and he appeared to be nowhere near trouble with a lead-off groundout by Guillen, followed by a routine popup byMagglio Ordóñez. This popup turned out to be much more troublesome than it first appeared: right fielderChris Duncan dropped the ball, apparently distracted by center fielder Jim Edmonds who was also going after the ball. With Ordóñez on second via the error, the very next pitch of the game was hit by the hot-hittingSean Casey into the right-field seats just inside the foul pole for a two-run homer that gave Detroit the lead, 2–1. The Cardinals would threaten immediately in the bottom of the inning, however, with Yadier Molina andSo Taguchi each singling to put runners at first and second with one out. Pitcher Jeff Weaver then came up and attempted to bunt the runners over to second and third. The bunt was fielded cleanly by the pitcher Justin Verlander, but he attempted to force out Molina at third. The throw missed third basemanBrandon Inge and the ball went into the left-field foul area. This allowed Molina to score to tie it up, with Taguchi and Weaver arriving safely at third and second. Later, Verlander said "I picked it up and said, Don't throw it away, instead of just throwing it. I got tentative." The throwing error by Verlander was the fifth error by Detroit pitchers in the World Series, having committed one per game, setting a new World Series record. (A placard held by a Cardinals fan in the stands read "HIT IT TO THE PITCHER").^[13] The next batter, David Eckstein, grounded out to score the runner from third, and St. Louis secured their lead, 3–2. Verlander kept Weaver from scoring by retiringChris Duncan, but the damage was already done.

Chris Duncan misplayed another ball in the top of the sixth for a Sean Casey two-out double, but this time Casey would be stranded as Iván Rodríguez then struck out to end the inning. A David Eckstein single followed by a Preston Wilson walk in the bottom of the seventh put runners at first and second with none out for the heart of the Cardinals order: Pujols, Edmonds, and Rolen. Pujols popped out and Edmonds flied out, so it appeared Detroit might hold the Cardinals to a one-run lead. Instead, Scott Rolen singled and scored Eckstein, doubling the Cardinals lead to 4–2. Fernando Rodney, who gave up the single to Rolen and was charged with the run, managed to retireRonnie Belliard to end the inning.

Jeff Weaver retired the side in order, and the Cardinals went to the ninth, three outs away from their first World Series title in 24 years. The man called on to get those three outs would beAdam Wainwright, who had won the job of closer after the star free agent brought to St. Louis in 2002,Jason Isringhausen, had season-ending surgery. Detroit's clean-up hitter,Magglio Ordóñez, led off the inning. He proceeded to work a full count but then grounded out. The second batter, Sean Casey, worked a full count and then kept his clutch hitting going by doubling to bring the tying run to the plate. The third batter,Iván Rodríguez, got ahead in the count 2–0 but grounded back to Wainwright on the next pitch, putting the Cardinals one out away while Casey advanced to third. The fourth batter,Plácido Polanco (who was hitless during the entire series), fell behind 1–2, but then worked a walk to put the tying run on and put runners on the corners. The fifth batter,Brandon Inge, fell behind 0–2, again putting the Cardinals one strike from a World Series championship. He did not extend the drama any longer, as he swung and missed at the next pitch (making it the first World Series to end on a strikeout since the1988 World Series), giving the World Series title to the Cardinals. The final play of the 2006 season was made at 10:26pm Central Standard time.^[13] After the game, Wainwright, who threw a curveball for strike three to win the pennant and a slider to Inge to win the Series, said "I'll probably never throw another curve or slider again without thinking of those two pitches."^[6]

2006 World Series(4–1):St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) overDetroit Tigers (A.L.)

• The Cardinals’ 83–78 record was the worst by any World Series champion in MLB history.^[17]
• Detroit pitchers committed five errors during the Series, setting a World Series record for most errors by a pitching staff in a single Fall Classic.^[13]
• Game 1 marked the first time in World Series history that both starting pitchers were rookies (Anthony Reyes and Justin Verlander).
• Cardinals rookie Anthony Reyes retired 17 consecutive batters in Game 1, establishing a World Series record for a rookie pitcher.^[13]
• The 2006 Series was the last until 2023 in which both participants failed to qualify for the postseason the following year.

The World Series was televised in the United States byFox, withJoe Buck andTim McCarver as the booth announcers. The starting time for each television broadcast was 8:00 pm EDT/7:00 pm CDT.

On radio, the Series was broadcast nationally byESPN Radio, withJon Miller andJoe Morgan announcing. Locally,Dan Dickerson andJim Price called the Series for the Tigers onWXYT-AM in Detroit (with retired longtime Tiger announcerErnie Harwell returning to call the second inning of Game 1), whileMike Shannon andJohn Rooney called it for the Cardinals onKTRS-AM in St. Louis. Per contractual obligation, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts.

John Rooney had broadcast the2005 World Series for theChicago White Sox, and thus became the first announcer to call back-to-back World Series championships as an employee of different teams.

Fox aired commercials supporting and opposing theMissouri Constitutional Amendment during the game.^[18]

The ratings for the 2006 World Series were considered concerning at the time.^[19] The ratings for Games 1, 3, and 4 were the lowest rated Games 1, 3, and 4 in World Series history.^[20] Game 1, at 8.0, set the record for the lowest rated World Series game of all time^[21] (the 9.4 rating in Game 1 of the2002 World Series was the prior lowest). The series overall averaged 10.1, sinking below the 11.1 of the2005 World Series to become the lowest-rated World Series of all time.^[19][20]

However, those numbers look differently today, considering the performances of many of the World Series following 2006. Subsequent series have set new records for low viewership. The2023 World Series currently has the lowest rated Games 1, 2, 3, and 4, in the process averaging the lowest rating (4.7) of any series.^[22] Since 2006, only four series (2007,2009,2016, and2017) have outdone the 2006 World Series' ratings.^[23]

Neither team made the playoffsthe next season. The Tigers finished with 88 wins, eight behind the division championCleveland Indians in the AL Central, while the Cardinals finished with 78 wins, seven behind the division championChicago Cubs in the NL Central. The2007 Cardinals were the last defending World Series champion to finish with a losing record and miss the playoffs the next season until theSan Francisco Giants followed up their 2012 championship season with a 76–86 record in2013. Cardinals ownerBill DeWitt Jr. became enamored of a data-driven analytics and fired long-time general managerWalt Jocketty a day after the 2007 season ended.^[24]

The Tigers would not make the playoffs again until 2011, when they won the AL Central title for the first time with their last division title being the 1987 AL East crown. The Tigers would win the AL Central in 2012 again and would return to theWorld Series in2012 after winning the2012 American League pennant where they would be swept by theSan Francisco Giants in four games. The Cardinals would later make the playoffs in 2009, when the NL Central champions were swept by the NL West championLos Angeles Dodgers in the2009 NLDS. The Cardinals also made it to the playoffs as the Wild Card entry in 2011, winning the2011 National League pennant and going on to beat the Texas Rangers in the2011 World Series, but failing to defend that title in the2012 NLCS, losing to the Giants in seven games. However, they returned to the World Series in2013, but lost in six games to theBoston Red Sox.

Chris Carpenter,Yadier Molina andAlbert Pujols were the only Cardinals to play in both the 2006 and 2011 World Series. Even thoughSkip Schumaker played a portion of the 2006 season with the Cardinals, he failed to make the postseason roster; however, he later won a World Series with the 2011 Cardinals.Adam Wainwright won a World Series with the 2006 Cardinals, but missed the entire 2011 championship season due to injury. In 2022,Adam Wainwright andYadier Molina, who were thebattery that closed out the World Series for St. Louis, broke the record for most games started by a starting pitcher and catcher.^[25]

Of the Tigers who played in the 2006 World Series (excluding previous World Series winners such asIván Rodríguez andKenny Rogers), onlyFernando Rodney andJustin Verlander later won a championship ring with other teams: Verlander as a member of both the2017 and2022Houston Astros, and Rodney as a member of the2019Washington Nationals, whose team defeated Verlander's Astros.

The 2006 World Series had lasting effects on both franchises. For the Cardinals, the championship validated general manager Walt Jocketty’s roster construction strategy of combining veteran experience with emerging talent, though Jocketty was dismissed after the 2007 season amid philosophical differences with ownership regarding analytics.^[24] Several core players from the 2006 roster, including Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright, and Chris Carpenter, became central figures in subsequent playoff runs, culminating in another World Series title in 2011.

For the Tigers, the loss underscored defensive lapses and fielding errors, particularly by the pitching staff, which became an offseason point of emphasis. The club remained competitive in subsequent years, returning to theWorld Series in 2012 but would not win a championship. Analysts have retrospectively cited the 2006 Series as a turning point for the franchise’s identity under manager Jim Leyland, setting expectations for postseason contention through the early 2010s.^[26]

• 2006 Asia Series
• 2006 Japan Series

• 2006 World Series atBaseball Almanac
• 2006 World Series atBaseball-Reference.com
• The 2006 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) atRetrosheet
• History of the World Series - 2006 atThe Sporting News. Archived fromthe original in May 2006.
• "Fan Appreciation", byThomas Boswell,Washington Post, October 28, 2006
• "Redbirds were better than their numbers and"Last chance at the bandwagon", SI.com
• "Cardinals are improbable champions", ESPN.com
• "This win is for all Cardinals and their fans", Bernie Miklasz, and"It's OK to say it out loud now, Cardinals fans", Bryan Burwell,St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• "Parity argument has two sides" and"Good-when-it-counted Cardinals capture biggest prize", USAToday
• "We Have Sought Bliss, And We Have Found It", Deadspin.com
• "They're the Best (So Deal With It), Tom Verducci,Sports Illustrated

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