2006 World Series
2006 World Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 21–27 | |||||||||
Venue | 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 and Tim McCarver (Fox) Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||
Radio | ESPN KTRS (STL) WXYT (DET) | |||||||||
Radio announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (ESPN) Mike Shannon and John Rooney (KMOX) Dan Dickerson, Ernie Harwell (Game 1) and Jim Price (WXYT) | |||||||||
ALCS | Detroit Tigers over Oakland Athletics (4–0) | |||||||||
NLCS | St. Louis Cardinals over New York Mets (4–3) | |||||||||
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The 2006 World Series was the
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 the 2004 World Series between St. Louis and the Boston Red Sox. The last three prior to 2004 were in 1975 (Boston–Cincinnati), 1968 (Detroit–St. Louis) and 1967 (Boston–St. Louis).
The Cardinals, who moved into
The Cardinals finished the regular season 83–78. This is the second-worst record ever for a league champion (the 1973 New York Mets finished 82–79) and the worst record ever for a World Series champion. Previously the 1987 Minnesota Twins finished 85–77 and defeated that year's Cardinals team in the 1987 World Series.[3]
Background
A pair of battered ballclubs
Since
Neither team was given much chance to advance far into October by many baseball pundits.[4] Both teams stumbled through the second halves of their seasons. The Tigers, only three years removed from having 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 the American League Central, but eventually the lead evaporated in the final months and they lost the division to the Minnesota Twins on the last day of the season after being swept by the last-place Kansas City Royals at home, settling for a playoff berth as the AL Wild Card. The Cardinals held a seven-game advantage in the National League Central over the Cincinnati Reds and an 8+1⁄2-game lead over the Houston 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 the Atlanta Braves on the last day of the season.
Thus, both the Tigers and Cardinals were clear underdogs in their matches, against the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, respectively. The Tigers' pitching took care of the vaunted Yankees lineup, and won their series 3–1. The Cardinals also won their series 3–1, including the first two games in San Diego. The Tigers then swept the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS, winning game four on a three-run walk-off home run by Magglio Ordóñez in the bottom of the ninth. The Cardinals won their series against the New York Mets with the help of a ninth-inning home run by Yadier Molina in a tense Game 7.
The Tigers had
The Series marked the third time in a row that both teams sought to win a championship after at least a 20-year drought. In 2004, the Boston Red Sox ended their 86-year hiatus by defeating the Cardinals; in 2005 the Chicago White Sox ended an 88-year drought by defeating the Houston Astros, who were competing in their first World Series after 43 seasons. The Tigers had not appeared in the World Series since winning it in 1984. The Cardinals last won in 1982, losing three times since then, in 1985, 1987 and 2004.
The Tigers were the eighth wild 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.[5] Bob Nightengale of USA Today expressed popular sentiment when he said "Tigers in three".[6]
Two veteran managers return to postseason play
St. Louis' manager Tony 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 in 1989 with the Athletics. 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 the 1997 World Series with the Florida 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 the Cincinnati Reds.[7] After winning the championship, he chose to continue wearing number 10 to pay tribute to Anderson.[8]
Jim Leyland is the seventh manager to win pennants in both leagues. The previous six are
Additionally, the opposing managers are close friends. Leyland was La Russa's third base coach for the Chicago 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 the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins, and La Russa won the 1989 World Series with the Oakland Athletics. Overall, it was the first World Series since 1999 to have two previous Series-winning managers facing each other.
Summary
St. Louis Cardinals won the series, 4–1.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 21 | St. Louis Cardinals – 7, Detroit Tigers – 2 | Comerica Park | 2:54 | 42,479[9] |
2 | October 22 | St. Louis Cardinals – 1, Detroit Tigers – 3 | Comerica Park | 2:55 | 42,533[10] |
3 | October 24 | Detroit Tigers – 0, St. Louis Cardinals – 5 | Busch Stadium (III) | 3:03 | 46,513[11] |
4 | October 26† | Detroit Tigers – 4, St. Louis Cardinals – 5 | Busch Stadium (III) | 3:35 | 46,470[12] |
5 | October 27† | Detroit Tigers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 4 | Busch Stadium (III) | 2:56 | 46,638[13] |
†: Game 4 was postponed due to rain on October 25, forcing Game 5 to be subsequently pushed back a day as well.
Matchups
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Anthony Reyes (1–0) LP: Justin Verlander (0–1) Home runs: STL: Scott Rolen (1), Albert Pujols (1) DET: Craig Monroe (1) Boxscore |
Two rookies faced off in Game 1 for the first time in history:
Meanwhile, Anthony Reyes was the story. The pitcher who had the fewest
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kenny Rogers (1–0) LP: Jeff Weaver (0–1) Sv: Todd Jones (1) Home runs: STL: None DET: Craig Monroe (2) Boxscore |
Before the game's start, John Mellencamp and Little Big Town performed "Our Country". With a starting temperature of 44 °F (7 °C),[15] controversy surrounded the start of Game 2 when Tigers starting pitcher Kenny 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.[16]
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 the
Game 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Chris Carpenter (1–0) LP: Nate Robertson (0–1) Boxscore |
After the Cardinals were shut out by Detroit pitcher Kenny Rogers for eight innings in Game 2, St. Louis starter Chris 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 entire 2004 World Series due to injury) gave up only three hits, struck out six and did not issue a walk, while throwing only 82 pitches. Only one Tiger reached second base.[14]
St. Louis began the scoring in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded two-run double by center fielder Jim Edmonds off of Nate Robertson. Two more runs would score in the bottom of the seventh on an error by Detroit pitcher Joel Zumaya, who overthrew third baseman Brandon Inge on what should have been a routine force out. St. Louis would add another run in the eighth on a wild pitch.
Reliever Braden 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 the
Game 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Adam Wainwright (1–0) LP: Joel Zumaya (0–1) Home runs: DET: Sean Casey (1) STL: None Boxscore |
Game 4 was pushed back a day because of rain, the first time a rainout had occurred in the World Series since Game 1 in 1996. 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 were Jeff Suppan for the Cardinals and Jeremy Bonderman for the Tigers. The Tigers took a 3–0 lead into the top of the third, after Sean Casey had two RBIs, including a home run. The other RBI came from Detroit's Iván Rodríguez, who singled in Carlos 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 by David Eckstein, scoring Aaron Miles who had the first stolen base of the series by either team. Yadier Molina doubled in Scott 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 of Curtis Granderson, who had slipped on the wet Busch Stadium outfield grass. Eckstein then scored on an attempted sacrifice bunt by So Taguchi that was thrown over the head of second baseman Plácido Polanco, who was covering first by Fernando Rodney, and that tied the score at three. Later that same inning, Preston Wilson hit a single to left with two outs that scored Taguchi from third and Rodney was charged with a blown save. The Tigers tied the game in the top of the eighth on a Brandon Inge double that scored Iván Rodríguez. Adam Wainwright, the winning pitcher, was charged with a blown save but held on to win. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Cardinals would regain and keep the lead when Miles scored on a double by Eckstein just off the glove of outfielder Craig Monroe, who had been playing shallow and dove for a ball just out of his reach.[14] This gave Joel Zumaya the loss.
Game 5
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jeff Weaver (1–1) LP: Justin Verlander (0–2) Sv: Adam Wainwright (1) Home runs: DET: Sean Casey (2) STL: None Boxscore |
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 the Yankees–Mets Series in 2000. The starter for Detroit was game 1 loser Justin Verlander and the Cardinals starter was game 2 loser Jeff 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 shortstop Carlos 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 by Yadier Molina followed by two advancing groundouts, and then an infield single by David Eckstein. Detroit third baseman Brandon 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 baseman Sean 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.
Cardinals pitcher Jeff 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 by Magglio Ordóñez. This popup turned out to be much more troublesome than it first appeared: right fielder Chris Duncan dropped the ball, apparently distracted by center fielder Jim Edmonds who was also going after the ball. With Ordóñez on via the error, the very next pitch of the game was hit by the hot-hitting Sean 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 and So 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 baseman Brandon 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").[14] 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 retiring Chris 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 retire Ronnie 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 be Adam 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 doubled 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. 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. 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 the 1988 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.[14] 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."[7]
Composite line score
2006 World Series (4–1): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 36 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Tigers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 224,633 Average attendance: 44,927 Winning player's share: $362,173 Losing player's share: $291,668[17] |
Broadcasting
The World Series was televised in the United States by
On radio, the Series was broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan announcing. Locally, Dan Dickerson and Jim Price called the Series for the Tigers on WXYT-AM in Detroit (with retired longtime Tiger announcer Ernie Harwell returning to call the second inning of Game 1), while Mike Shannon and John Rooney called it for the Cardinals on KTRS-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 the 2005 World Series for the Chicago 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 the
Ratings
The ratings for the 2006 World Series were considered alarmingly poor at the time. The ratings for games 1, 3 and 4 were the lowest rated games 1, 3, and 4 in World Series history. Game 1, at 8.0, particularly set the record for lowest rated World-Series game of all-time (the 9.4 rating in Game 1 of the 2002 World Series was the prior lowest). The series overall averaged 10.1, sinking below the 11.1 of the 2005 World Series to become the lowest-rated World Series of all time.
However, those numbers look differently today, considering the performances of many of the World Series following 2006. The 10.1 overall rating is now the 8th lowest rated World Series (behind 2012, 2014, 2010, 2008, 2015, 2011, and 2013), and game 1's 8.0 is now the 15th lowest rated game all-time (behind, among others, five games from the 2014 Series). Since 2006, four series (2007, 2009, 2016, and 2017) have outdone the 2006 World Series' ratings.[19]
Game | Ratings (households) |
Share (households) |
American audience (in millions) |
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1 | 8.0 | 15 | 12.84 |
2 | 11.6 | 18 | 18.17 |
3 | 10.2 | 17 | 15.58 |
4 | 10.4 | 18 | 16.11 |
5 | 10.3 | 18 | 16.28 |
Aftermath
Neither team made the playoffs
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 the World Series in 2012 after winning the 2012 American League pennant where they would be swept by the San 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 champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2009 NLDS. The Cardinals also made it to the playoffs as the Wild Card entry in 2011, winning the 2011 National League pennant and going on to beat the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series, but failing to defend that title in the 2012 NLCS, losing to the Giants in seven games.
Chris Carpenter, Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols were the only Cardinals to play in both the 2006 and 2011 World Series. Even though Skip 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.
Of the Tigers who played in the 2006 World Series (excluding previous World Series winners such as Iván Rodríguez and Kenny Rogers), only Fernando Rodney and Justin Verlander later won a championship ring with other teams: Verlander as a member of both the 2017 and 2022 Houston Astros, and Rodney as a member of the 2019 Washington Nationals, whose team defeated Verlander's Astros.
In 2022, Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina, who were the battery that closed out the World Series, broke the record for most games started by a starting pitcher and catcher.[21]
See also
Notes
- ^ "2006 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ Lawrence, Andrew (November 8, 2006). "By the Numbers". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ The 10 Worst MLB Teams Ever to Win the World Series, Bleachreport
- ^ ESPN experts: Who's going to win?
- ^ "SI.com - Series business - Oct 20, 2006". CNN. October 20, 2006. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ "World Series scouting report: Detroit Tigers". USA Today. October 20, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ^ a b Sheinin, Dave (October 29, 2006). "La Russa Gets Number He Wants". Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
- ^ Leach, Matthew (October 28, 2006). "Cards secure 10th World Series title". MLB.com. stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ^ "2006 World Series Game 1 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "2006 World Series Game 2 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "2006 World Series Game 3 - Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "2006 World Series Game 4 - Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "2006 World Series Game 5 - Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis Cardinals". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Verducci, Tom (November 8, 2006). "High Five". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ "Boxscore | MLB.com: Postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
- ^ "Kenny Rogers cheating with pine tar". USSMariners.com. October 23, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ Salter, Jim (October 25, 2006). "Actors, Athletes to Be in Stem-Cell Ad". The Washington Post.
- ^ World Series television ratings
- ^ "Walt Jocketty paid price for not playing nice with others". RetroSimba. October 3, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
- ^ Schneider, Joey (September 14, 2022). "Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina: The journey to MLB's battery record". FOX 2. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
External links
- 2006 World Series at Baseball Almanac
- 2006 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- The 2006 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
- History of the World Series - 2006 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006.
- "Fan Appreciation", by Thomas 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