The 2006 World Series, the 102nd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won the Series in five games, taking Games 1, 3, 4, and 5. This was the third Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals. St. Louis won the first in 1934, and Detroit won the second in 1968; each went the full seven games. The 1968 Series was the last before divisional play and an extra round of playoffs began.
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| - The 2006 World Series, the 102nd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won the Series in five games, taking Games 1, 3, 4, and 5. This was the third Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals. St. Louis won the first in 1934, and Detroit won the second in 1968; each went the full seven games. The 1968 Series was the last before divisional play and an extra round of playoffs began.
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| - The 2006 World Series, the 102nd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won the Series in five games, taking Games 1, 3, 4, and 5. This was the third Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals. St. Louis won the first in 1934, and Detroit won the second in 1968; each went the full seven games. The 1968 Series was the last before divisional play and an extra round of playoffs began. It was only the third time in the last thirty-two years that the Series featured two of the classic 16 major league teams that had both remained in the same city since the formation of the American League in 1901, the last time being the 2004 World Series between St. Louis and the Boston Red Sox. The last one prior to 2004 was the 1975 World Series between the Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. The Cardinals, who moved into Busch Stadium in April, became the fourth team to win the Series in their home stadium's debut season, joining the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field), 1912 Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park) and 1923 New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium). St. Louis also won their tenth Fall Classic, second to only the Yankees' 26 titles. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who won the 1989 World Series title with the Athletics, became the second manager in history to lead teams in both leagues to championships, joining Sparky Anderson. The 2006 Cardinals' regular-season record of 83-78 is the worst regular-season record ever by a World Series champion, eclipsing the 1987 Minnesota Twins, who won the World Series after compiling an 85-77 record. St. Louis became only the second team, since the three-round format went into effect in 1995, to win the Series without ever having home field advantage in the playoffs; the first was the 2003 Florida Marlins, who went through the San Francisco Giants in the Division Series, the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS, and the New York Yankees at the World Series. The Cardinals became the seventh World Series champion in seven seasons, the longest such stretch without repeats since baseball had ten champions in ten seasons from 1978 through 1987. This still would have been true if the Tigers had won. It was also the first time since 2002 that the home team won the deciding game of a World Series, hence the presentation of the World Series trophy on the field. National Anthem Singers: Game 1: Bob Seger (sang "America the Beautiful"); Game 2: Anita Baker; Game 3: Trace Adkins; Game 4: Nikko Smith (son of Cardinals Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith); Game 5: Billy Ray Cyrus Ceremonial First Pitches: Game 1: Al Kaline and Willie Horton; Game 2: Sparky Anderson; Game 3: Ozzie Smith; Game 4: Lou Brock; Game 5: Stan Musial
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