Editor's note: Everyone remembers the heroics of Game 6, but do you recall the details of Game 7 from Oct. 28, 2011. Here is how Joe Strauss covered the game.
ST. LOUIS • Those searching for omens found one early. The first words uttered within the Citizens Bank Ballpark following Roy Halladay's first pitch of the postseason to the Cardinals' Rafael Furcal confirmed something was afoot.
An indelible number in Cardinals lore received a companion Friday night at Busch Stadium when a team that thought itself listless, even underachieving, in late August completed one of the most remarkable reversals in the game's history by defeating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 of the World Series.