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Just a mere seven months ago, the Milwaukee Brewers were the 2011 National League Central Champions and a serious contender for a trip to the World Series. Now, twenty seven games into the 2012 regular season and the Brewers (12-15 record) couldn’t look any further from that team who broke numerous franchise records and captured [...]

To those of you who have followed my blog posts here at Rumors and Rants for the last four years or however long it has been, thanks. However, I am pretty sure I may be done here, because I hate sports now.

Maybe there’s still time for me to get into Broadway musicals or something as my hobby/vocation/entire life. You know, something that may provide me with an actual reward for all the time and effort I put into it. [...]

It’s hard to win a World Series without a little luck.

I’m practically impossible to win a seven-game World Series without a lot of luck.

And the Cardinals rode their share of good luck to yet another championship, beating the Rangers 6-2, Friday night in Game 7 of the 2011 World Series.

You can’t do it without some really good [...]

In arguably the greatest (or most bizarre) World Series game of all time, David Freese (0-3 at the time), with one strike away from walking back to the dugout while the opposing team (the Texas Rangers) celebrates their first World Series title, hit a deep shot that knocked in Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman. In extra innings, he hit a solo jack that gave the Cardinals the win and forced a game 7.

That’s game, that’s game, that’s game. [...]

Oct 28, 2011 – You have to understand my situation, here. I started writing this recap when the Cardinals were trailing the Rangers 7-4 in the seventh inning, and it looked like the Rangers were going to win their first-ever World Series. Even when the Cardinals threatened in the eighth, I kept on working through, because what were the odds that the Rangers would give it away? What were the odds that Neftali Feliz [...]

The Texas Rangers bounced back from a 16-7 loss in Game 3 of the World Series with a dominant pitching performance by Derek Holland in a 4-0 win on Sunday night. With the win, the Rangers drew even with the St. Louis Cardinals, setting up a best-of-three game series for the title. While it may not have been needed in the end [...]

The story was almost Allen Craig. Again. For the second night in a row, Craig came up as a pinch-hitter in a key spot with two outs and a runner in scoring position, facing one of the hardest throwers in the game. For the second night in a row, Craig singled to right field off Alexi Ogando to put the Cardinals ahead.

But it’s not time to melt down that Stan Musial statue for materials [...]

Man, the only thing better than seeing an awkward 7-foot German dude throw out the first pitch at Rangers game would be seeing him do it on National TV before a World Series game. Right? Well, too bad. The Rangers wanted Dirk Nowitzki to throw out the first pitch before one of their World Series [...]

At last, the Rally Claw meets the Rally Squirrel. Wonder who would win in a bench-clearing brawl…

The Texas Rangers didn’t have to wait very long to see who they’d end up facing in the 2011 World Series. Just a day after they beat the Detroit Tigers to punch their ticket to the Fall Classic, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged victorious in Game 6 to send the Milwaukee Brewers packing for the offseason.

This matchup is going to be pretty awesome, pitting All-Star sluggers Josh Hamilton against Albert Pujols, while guys like Nelson Cruz [...]

Oct 16, 2011 – During the regular season, we saw not one, but two teams advance to the playoffs in the most improbable of fashions. The Tampa Bay Rays erased an enormous late Boston Red Sox lead in the standings to take the AL Wild Card on the final day, and the St. Louis Cardinals erased an enormous late Atlanta Braves lead [...]