For many St. Louis Cardinals fans the 2011 season may be remembered as the squirrelly scrappers who battled the Texas Rangers to an eventual World Series victory. The team then lost Tony La Russa to retirement.
This was also the final season Albert Pujols played for the Cardinals before signing a mega deal with the Los Angeles Angels.
The St. Louis Cardinals followed 2011 with a few near-successful campaigns that ended just short of adding to their 11 World Series titles. Meanwhile, the mega deal hasn’t worked out favorably for the Angels.