The Los Angeles Dodgers just clinched their fifth World Series appearance in nine seasons and are favored to go back-to-back as the champions of Major League Baseball. But if you rewind to about a decade ago, there was one team that had its number in the postseason.
12 years ago today in baseball history, the Cardinals booked their trip to their second World Series appearance in three years, slaying the Dodgers in six games on their path toward a clash with the Boston Red Sox in the October Classic.
#OTD 2013 - With Trevor Rosenthal slamming the door shut, the Cardinals advance to their second World Series in three seasons, routing the Dodgers, 9-0 in Game 6 of the NLCS in St Louis.