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The 82nd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12 with the National League defeating the American League for the second straight year, by a score of 5–1. As had been the case since 2003, the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
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 ...
Major league baseball owners ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the players' union. The MLBPA previously gave its own assent. The agreement provides for testing of human growth hormone, limits signing bonuses for draft picks, and institutes a second wild-card team for each league beginning in 2013.
Pages in category "2011 Major League Baseball season" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... 2011 American League Championship Series;
In MLB, a player in each league wins the "batting title" each season for having the highest batting average that year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The American League (AL) winner is known as the " Rod Carew American League Batting Champion ", while the National League (NL) leader is designated the " Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion ".
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 ...
The Philadelphia Phillies' 2011 season was the 129th season in the history of the franchise.The Phillies won their fifth consecutive National League East championship, and also finished with the best record in baseball for the second straight year.