Celtics Legend Red Auerbach Dies

Coaching innovator and Celtics legend Red Auerbach has passed away. Auerbach was 89 years old.

Auerbach led the Celtics to nine NBA championships in ten years.

St. Louis Cardinals win 2006 World Series

Score: Cardinals 4 - Tigers 2

Series Count: Cardinals win Series 4 games to 1

Winning Pitcher: Jeff Weaver

Losing Pitcher: Justin Verlander

Hero: Jeff Weaver

World Series MVP: David Eckstein

The long wait is over. The St. Louis Cardinals are MLB's 2006 World Series Champions. St. Louis last won the World Series back in 1982 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Every so-called expert had predicted the Detroit Tigers to sweep the Cardinals or win in five games. One sportswriter even predicted the Tigers in three.

I have been a Card's fan my whole life and listened to thousands of games on the radio and watched even more on TV. The last time they won I was four, so it is a very exciting win here at the Bumpshack.

Detroit played sloppy once again in losing to the Cardinals 4-2. Angels cast off Jeff Weaver pitched eight strong innings while giving up just one earned run.

David Eckstein was named MVP of the World Series. He batted .364 in winning the award.

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Cards take commanding 3-1 Series lead

Score: Cardinals 5 - Tigers 4

Series Count: Cardinals 3 - Tigers 1

Winning Pitcher: Adam Wainwright

Losing Pitcher: Joel Zumaya

Hero: David Eckstein

The St. Louis Cardinals won an exciting game 4 against the Detroit Tigers 5-4. Energetic munchkin David Eckstein had 4 hits including three doubles to lead the Cards to victory.

Eck had the game winning hit off of Joel Zumaya in the bottom of the eigth inning. Tigers leftfielder Craig Monroe made a diving effort and the ball bounced off the end of his glove.

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Cardinals win game 3, take 2-1 lead

Score: Cardinals 5 - Tigers 0

Series Count: Cardinals 2 - Tigers 1

Winning Pitcher: Chris Carpenter

Losing Pitcher: Nate Robertson

Hero: Chris Carpenter

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 behind a dominant pitching performance behind Chris Carpenter.

Carpenter gave up just 3 hits and walked none while pitching eight innings of scoreless baseball to get the win. The Tigers Nate Robertson received the loss. The big hit came on a two-run double by Jim Edmonds in the fourth inning.

The Tigers looked rusty both at the plate and in the field. The big mistake was a throwing error to third by relief pitcher Joel Zumaya on a grounder hit back up the middle by Albert Pujols. Zumaya threw wild of third and two runs scored on the play.

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Pinetar Star Kenny Rogers

The Detroit Tigers won Game 2 of the 2006 World Series 3-1 behind a dominating cheating performance behind pitcher Kenny Rogers.

Rogers was caught on camera by Fox with a foreign substance on his pitching hand (see photos). It appeared to Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and everyone else in America to be pine tar. According to MLB rules a pitcher is to be ejected and suspended automatically for 10 games. MLB instead asked Rogers to wash his hands.

Kenny Rogers and manager Jim Leyland have been caught contradicting each other with their stories. Leyland said the umps asked him to wash his hands, while Rogers said they never asked him to and that he washed them when he noticed he had 'a clump of dirt' on his hand.

The Cardinals had a tough time against the 'crafty' left hander. They had a mini rally in the ninth against Tigers reliever Todd Jones but still came up short.

What people on message boards are saying about Kenny Rogers the Pinetar Star:

"Rogers is a cheater, cheater, cameraman beater."- Chris2fer

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Scott Rolen's Game 1 Quote

This was too good not to post. The Cardinals Scott Rolen had this to say about the game last night:

While trying to score from second in the sixth inning after a wild throw, he plowed right into third baseman Brandon Inge, crash-landed somewhere between the foul line and Ann Arbor, then staggered up and headed home. He was out -- but was allowed to score anyway, on fielder's interference.

"I was just trying to score," Rolen recounted. "I went down. I got up. I slid into a dead plate. Then I ran back and got my helmet. I was like the guy in 'Saving Private Ryan' who got shot and went back to try and find his arm."

Cardinals win Game One

Score: Cardinals 7 - Tigers 2

Winning Pitcher: Anthony Reyes

Losing Pitcher: Justin Verlander

Hero: Anthony Reyes

Everyone picked the Detroit Tigers to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals and even one sportswriter picked the Tigers in 3?!?! It was a poke at how bad he expected the Cards to get beat since it is a seven game series and all.

Well, the Cardinals stunned Detroit and baseball fans by blasting the Tigers 7-2 in Game One of the best of seven series. Cardinals rookie Anthony Reyes pitched brilliantly, throwing eight innings and giving up just two runs.

The offense was provided mostly in part by a solo home run by Scott Rolen in the second inning and a two-run homer by Albert Pujols in the third.

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World Series Game 1

Game 1 of the 2006 World Series starts tonight on Fox. The Detroit Tigers will send Justin Verlander to the mound to face Anthony Reyes of the St. Louis Cardinals. It is the first time that two rookies have squared off against each other in game 1 of the World Series.

The game airs tonight at 7:30 PM EST on FOX.

Games 1 and 2 are in Detroit
Games 3, 4, and 5 in St. Louis (5 if needed)
Games 6 and 7 are in Detroit (6 and 7 if needed)

Go Crazy Folks! Cards Win!

The St. Louis Cardinals overcame improbable odds to beat the New York Mets and go to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers. Catcher Yadier Molina hit a two-run homer in the top of the 9th to put the Cards ahead. Inexperienced closer Adam Wainwright came on to get the last outs in the bottom of the ninth. St. Louis won the game 3-1.

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The Double Curse of Billy Buckner

Bill Buckner, is the infamous first baseman of Red Sox lore, who allowed a ground ball to slip through his legs in Game Six of the 1986 World Series.

As many people know the Mets went on to win the game and Series. Buckner was the biggest ‘goat’ in Sox history until they were able to break the curse of the Bambino and win the World Series in 2006.

ESPN Page 2 has discovered that Buckner was double cursed on that fateful day. A zoomed in photo (see above) from that day shows that he was wearing a Chicago Cubs batting glove.
Buckner had once upon a time played for the Cubs. It must have been his lucky batting glove, but we all know just how un-lucky that batting glove and Buckner was in that dreadful Game 6.

Unlike the Red Sox, the Cubs curse is in tact, as they continue to find ways to lose every season and not even sniff the World Series. Perhaps new manager Lou Piniella can manage the Cubs to their first World Series appearance since 1945, but I doubt it. The Cubs last World Series win was in 1908.

Albert Pujols does it again

Albert Pujols jumpstarted the St. Louis Cardinals last night with his solo blast off of future hall-of-famer Tom Glavine. Pujols had said Glavine was 'not that good' in game one when Glavine shut out the Cardinals. Pujols homer last night was the beginning of the end for Glavine who only pitched four innings. The Cardinals won 4-2 and lead the series 3 games to 2.

GOAT of the Week: Dennis Green

Coach Dennis Green of the Arizona Cardinals is our Bump Sports GOAT of the Week for his horrific play calling and ultra conservative game plan after his Cardinals had a 20 point lead against the undefeated Chicago Bears. The Bears came back to win the game without scoring an offensive touchdown.

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