2006 World Series

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The 2006 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers to win the title.

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2006 National League 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
ALChampion Detroit Tigers
CardinalsNextTitle 2011 World Series
CardinalsPreviousTitle 1982 World Series
CardinalsWorldSeriesTitleNumber 10
champion St. Louis Cardinals
cityOfALHost Detroit
cityOfNLHost St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis
clinchingCity St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis
clinchingGame Game 5
clinchingVenue Busch Stadium
editionNumber 102
endDate 2006-10-27
game1Venue Comerica Park
game2Venue Comerica Park
game3Venue Busch Stadium
game4Venue Busch Stadium
game5Result St. Louis Cardinals 4, Detroit Tigers 2
game5Venue Busch Stadium
homeFieldAdvantageDeterminedBy result of 2006 MLB All-Star Game
homeFieldAdvantageTeam Detroit Tigers
league Major League Baseball
losingLeaguePennant 2006 American League pennant
losingManager Jim Leyland
losingTeamLeague American League
mostValuablePlayer David Eckstein
MVPTeam St. Louis Cardinals
NLChampion St. Louis Cardinals
notableTheme error-prone fielding by Detroit Tigers pitchers
numberOfGames 5
radioAnnouncerColorUS Dave Campbell
radioAnnouncerPlayByPlayUS Dan Shulman
radioNetworkUS ESPN Radio
runnerUp Detroit Tigers
seasonOf 2006 Major League Baseball season
seriesResult St. Louis Cardinals defeated Detroit Tigers 4–1
sport baseball
startDate 2006-10-21
stateOfALHost Michigan (most of state)
surface form: Michigan
stateOfNLHost Missouri
televisionAnnouncerColorUS Tim McCarver
televisionAnnouncerPlayByPlayUS Joe Buck
televisionNetworkUS Fox
TigersPreviousPennant 1984 American League pennant
umpireCrewChief John Hirschbeck
winningLeaguePennant 2006 National League pennant
winningManager Tony La Russa
winningTeamLeague National League
year 2006

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Tigers WorldSeriesAppearance 2006 World Series
subject surface form: Detroit Tigers
Tony La Russa leaguePennantAsManager 2006 World Series
this entity surface form: 2006 National League
2005 World Series nextEdition 2006 World Series
2007 World Series precededBy 2006 World Series