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Wakamatsu, the first MLB manager of Asian-American descent, was fired on August 9 and replaced by Brown, at the time in his fourth season managing the Mariners' AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers. The team was expected to contend for the American League West title with the addition of Chone Figgins and Cliff Lee , but stumbled out of the ...
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The 2011 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2011 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the last postseason to feature the 8-team format, as next season ...
October 16 – A four-run first and four-run fourth power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12–6 victory in Game 6 to win the 2011 National League Championship Series. October 19 – Chris Carpenter earns his eighth career postseason win in Game 1 of the 2011 World Series, passing Bob Gibson as the Cardinals' winningest pitcher in the postseason.
The 2011 American League Division Series (abbreviated ALDS) were two best-of-five playoffs comprising the opening round of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2011 postseason, played to determine the participating teams in the 2011 American League Championship Series. Three divisional winners and a fourth team—a wild card—played in two series.
The 2011 Boston Red Sox season was the 111th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Before the season, the Red Sox were favored to win the American League East and reach the World Series , with some comparing the team to the 1927 New York Yankees .
The Brewers-Diamondbacks series was also notable as the first postseason series played between two teams in ballparks with retractable roofs. [3] This is the first time since the strike-shortened 1981 season that both National League Division Series matchups went to a deciding Game 5 (it happened to the American League in 2001).
The 2011 New York Yankees season was the 109th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season at home against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, March 31. [ 2 ] The Yankees clinched a playoff berth in the first game of a doubleheader on September 21, and clinched the American League East title in the second game. [ 3 ]