This is nothing short of historical and utterly magical. The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series Friday night after defeating Texas Rangers in Game 7. Two months ago, this seemed as about as unlikely as one could get. Here's all that happened for the Cardinals to win it all.
- Stood 10½ games out of the final playoff spot with 31 games to play
- Stood 8½ back with 21 to play
- Stood 3 back with 5 to play, and needed the Phillies to sweep the Braves in the final games of the regular season
- Defeated the Phillies, which won 102 games in the regular season, and the division rival Brewers in first two rounds, both times without home-field advantage
- Down 3-2 in the World Series after 5 games, needed to win 2 consecutive games at home
- Rallied from being down to their last strike, twice, in back-to-back inning, during Game 6 to win against Rangers
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