Audio: D.J. LeMahieu Comments On Hit By Pitch From Carlos Martinez

Overshadowed by the walk-off victory was the tension of the 5th inning after Carlos Martinez hit DJ LeMahieu to load the bases. The Rockies second baseman exchanged some words with Martinez as he walked to first base with Yadier Molina close by. After the game, LeMahieu expressed his belief the action was intentional.

STL Baseball Weekly

Tim McCarver Has Emotional Exit

Early this week as the finish line was rapidly approaching for Tim McCarver, baseball’s longest-running network television-booth analyst, he had no idea how he would react once that last game was over.

Media Views

Red Sox Helped Rally City In Wake Of Bombings

It’s a message that can’t be missed at Fenway Park. It’s rolled into the grass in center field, it’s emblazoned on the Green Monster in left field. It’s on flags that are paraded around the field after wins, it’s even on paper cups at concession stands.

Post-Dispatch

Game Six That Sees Red Sox Win World Series A Massive TV Rating Home Run

The Red Sox clinched the World Series with a convincing 6-1 win over the Cardinals in Game 6 on Wednesday, winning their third championship in the past ten years and their first in front of a home crowd at Fenway Park in 95 years.

Forbes

Brad Thompson Critiques Michael Wacha's Game Six Showing 10-31-13

What did former Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson think about Michael Wacha’s performance last night? The World Series champ gives us a report from an airport TGI Friday’s on his way home from Boston.

101 ESPN

Wachamania Ends With Whimper, But 2014 Revival Should Be Sweet

It seems to me that the scenario we were picturing in our heads, as Cardinals fans, was too good to be true. To ask a young pitcher like Michael Wacha to go out there in Game 6 of the World Series and save the season might be asking way too much.

101 ESPN

Red Sox Celebrate Last-To-First Season

The Red Sox clubhouse is not roomy in the best of times, and when you wheel in cases of champagne and a couple hundred media, it gets real crowded real fast.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Credit Red Sox, Lament Missed Opportunities

The second inning Wednesday night would have been a good, better-late-than-never moment for the 2011 magic to return to the bat of the Cardinals' David Freese. But Red Sox pitcher John Lackey, with runners at first and second, made sure Freese would finish with another empty at-bat -- a fly ball to right field.

St. Louis Official Site

Tearful Conclusion For Relentless Cardinals

There were tears dripping into the beers (Budweiser products, naturally) being nursed by several Cardinals in the cramped visitors' confines at Fenway Park in the aftermath of a 6-1 loss in Game 6 on Wednesday night.

St. Louis Official Site

Strategy Of Pitching Around David Ortiz Backfires On Cardinals

Adam Wainwright wanted to pitch to David Ortiz, and Mike Matheny let him. That pitch, a 91-mph cutter that didn't get in on Ortiz's hands, put the Red Sox ahead en route to their Game 5 victory. It was the beginning of the end for the Cardinals.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Lose Their Way In World Series

In the end, they could not be carried by the kid who promised hope and changeup. When the 22-year-old Michael Wacha ran out of gas, so, too, did the 2013 St. Louis Cardinals.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Fall Just Short, But Future Is Bright

The end of the baseball season wasn't good enough to reflect on the accomplishments of the 2013 St. Louis Cardinals. It also won't work as a predictor of this club's future work.

St. Louis Official Site

'Disappointing' End To Michael Wacha 's Remarkable Playoff Run

Before Michael Wacha walked off the mound for the last time as a rookie, hanging his head for the first time in more than a magical month, the Cardinals' veteran catcher stepped into the way.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals' Highly Successful Season Comes To Unfulfilling End In Game Six Of World Series

By the end of the fourth inning, Major League Baseball already had issued rules and regulations to the media that would be covering the World Series' trophy presentation Wednesday night.

Fox Sports Midwest

Did You Know? World Series Game Six: Red Sox 6, Cardinals 1

A look at some notable facts and figures from the Boston Red Sox's 6-1 World Series-clinching win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 at Fenway Park on Wednesday night.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Finish With A Fizzle

The Red Sox clinched the 2013 World Series at around five minutes after 9 p.m., eastern standard time. That’s when Shane Victorino brought an end to rookie pitcher Michael Wacha’s untouchable, invincible October by clearing the bases with a three-run double that became the first pop of champagne.

Bernie Bytes

Don't Blame Michael Wacha For Cardinals' Losing World Series

In Pittsburgh the kid saved them from an ignominious, premature eviction from the postseason.

Post-Dispatch

View From The Couch: Game Six

You know what they say — the World Series isn’t over until a guy in a skirt sings the national anthem.

Tube Talk

Red Sox Fans Knew They Were In For A Special Night

Boston fans knew they'd witness something amazing Wednesday night. Either the Red Sox would win the World Series at home for the first time in 95 years or the St. Louis Cardinals would prevail, fighting back to claim the championship.

KSDK

Red Sox Fans Delirious Inside, Outside Fenway

When Boston fans last cheered the Red Sox winning a World Series at home, Babe Ruth was a pitcher and Woodrow Wilson was president.

Post-Dispatch