Historically Speaking Sports

A Year in the League: 2011 Major League Baseball


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Some baseball seasons are remembered for champions. Others are remembered for unforgettable players. But every once in a while, a season delivers everything—record-breaking performances, historic collapses, incredible comebacks, and a World Series that still has fans shaking their heads years later.

In this episode Charles Combs and Dana Auguster will discuss the 2011 Major League Baseball season.

The unforgettable 2011 Major League Baseball season was a year when Justin Verlander dominated the American League, Matt Kemp came within inches of one of the greatest individual seasons in modern baseball. It was also the final season of Albert Pujols' legendary run in St. Louis before free agency changed the baseball landscape.

Also we'll revisit one of the wildest final days in regular-season history, when the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves completed stunning September collapses while the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals pulled off miraculous postseason berths.

Then we'll relive an October filled with unforgettable drama that ended with David Freese becoming a baseball legend as the Cardinals captured one of the most improbable World Series championships ever.

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