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The 2011 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2011 season. [1] The 107th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; [2] [3] the Cardinals defeated the Rangers in seven games to win their 11th World Series championship ...
One reason was the success of the rival Oregon State Beavers, [11] [12] [13] who had repeated as College World Series champions a month earlier. In the Ducks' first game in PK Park, they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1–0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew
As had been the case since 2003, the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series. Accordingly, the World Series began on October 19, and ended on October 28, with the St. Louis Cardinals winning in seven games over the Texas Rangers. [1] The season is notable for its wild card chase on the last day of the regular season.
November 3 – Bob Forsch, 61, only pitcher in St. Louis Cardinals history to throw two no-hitters (1978 vs. Phillies and 1983 vs. Expos); won 163 games over his 15-season (1974–1988) Redbird career, including 20 wins in 1977, and 168 games overall; member of 1982 World Series champions and hurled in two other Fall Classics; brother of Ken ...
The 2011–12 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Ducks, led by their 2nd year head coach Dana Altman, are members of the Pac-12 Conference and played their first full season in Matthew Knight Arena, which opened in the middle of the previous season.
The Ducks had a disappointing season compared to 2010–11, struggling in the first half of the season and digging a hole that was too deep to climb out of despite a second-half resurgence. 2011–12 marked the second playoff miss for the Ducks in three seasons. The Ducks ultimately finished the season in 13th place in the Western Conference ...
The postseason began on September 30, 2011, and ended on October 28, 2011, with the Cardinals defeating the Rangers in seven games in the 2011 World Series. It was the Cardinals' 11th title in franchise history, tying the NHL 's Detroit Red Wings for the sixth most championship wins in North American sports .
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club was founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a name based on the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks.