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Tonight starts the 107th edition of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals, who is led by Albert Pujois against the Texas Rangers who’s led by Nelson Cruz who went through a tear during the American League Championship series against the Detroit Tigers by hitting a record 6 HRs during that series. The Cardinals will have the home field advantage for the series because the National League won the all-star game.
Chris Carpenter will get the start for the Cardinals in Game 1 while C.J Wilson will get the start for the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers are appearing in there 2nd consecutive World Series, they feel short last year losing to the San Francisco Giants. This will be the 3rd appearance by the St. Louis Cardinals in the last eight years having lost to the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and beating the Detroit Tigers in 2006. This is the 18th appearance in team history for the Cardinals and could this be the last time we see future Hall of Famer Albert Pujois in a Cardinals uniform because he’ll become a free agent after the World Series.
The Texas Rangers advanced to the World Series by beating the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Divisional Series 3 games to 1 and beating the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series 4 games to 2. While the St. Louis Cardinals had to fight just to get into the playoff with the help of the Atlanta Braves historic collapse with them rendering a 8.5 game lead in the Wild Card in September. The Cardinals beat the heavily favored Philadelphia Phillies in the American League Divisional Series 3 games to 2, when Chris Carpenter outdueled his best friend and former teammate Roy Halladay for a 1-0 win in Game 5 then went on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series 4 games to 2.
So I really don’t have a prediction for this series seeing I like for either team to win, I just know it should be exciting because both teams have excellent offenses and can get hot instantly so expect a good series. After thinking about who I think should win I still can’t decide because I’m a huge Albert Pujois fan and would love for him to win another title and on the other hand the Rangers have never won a title so the other half of me want them to win there first title.
