Cardinals

One man celebrated along with the St Louis Cardinals this weekend after their World Series win made him more than $300K richer.

Just days after earning his third career World Series title, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Monday that he is retiring. He managed for 33 seasons, with stints with the White Sox and Athletics before joining the Cardinals in 1996. La Russa, 67, is third all-time in post-season wins and third in regular season wins.

Allen Craig hit a solo home run to provide the go-ahead run, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 to win the 2011 World Series four games to three in St. Louis on Friday night. Third baseman David Freese, who was named the World Series MVP, had a two-run double in the bottom of the first inning that tied the score at 2-2 ...

The Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals — two offensive powerhouses with lineups built to score runs in bunches — face each other in the 2011 World Series, scheduled to start Wednesday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Texas’ principal owner, and Hall of Fame pitcher, Nolan Ryan has confidence in his American League champion Rangers, who are making their second straight World Series appearanc

During the eighth inning of Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday was taken out of the lineup when he got the most unusual of sports injuries? What happened? Well, a moth flew into his right ear and wouldn’t come out. “He had a moth fly into his ear, deep in his ear,” manager Tony La Russa said.