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Texas paid in players and prospects in order to improve their bullpen, but you wouldn't know it if you watched the World Series.

What happens when the Baseball Nation staff gets together for a some-holds-barred discussion of the Fall Classic? You don't want to know. Or maybe you do. And maybe you want to help us nickname the 2011 World Series, too.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers will face off on Wednesday night for Game 1 of the 2011 World Series. The ame time, pitching match-ups and television schedule and everything else is included below.

Ryan Theriot is the only former Cubs player in the 2011 World Series. Is this good news or bad news for the Cardinals?

You wouldn't think Darren Oliver, a journeyman reliever, and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan would have much in common. But you'd be wrong.

The Cardinals, once thought to be long dead in 2011, are four wins from a World Series -- in part because of a highly-criticized trade.