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The 1982 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Milwaukee Brewers, with the Cardinals winning in seven games. The Cardinals won the National League East division by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies, then defeated the Atlanta Braves by 3 games to none in the National League Championship Series. The Brewers won the American League East division by one game over the Baltimore Orioles, then defeated the California Angels by 3 games to 2 in the American League Championship Series. The 1982 World Series represented the last time (until the Giants won in and the Cardinals in respectively) that the National League won back-to-back World Series; they had, in fact, won four straight, starting in . Though the teams had never met, the cities had an existing commercial rivalry in the beer market, as St. Louis is the home of Anheuser Busch while Milwaukee is the home of Miller Brewing. This led to a few minor references to the Series being nicknamed the "Suds Series." Notably, due to the Brewers' move to the National League, this matchup (Cardinals vs. Brewers) at the World Series will not happen again (unless one of the teams switches leagues). In the modern era, only this series and the 2005 World Series will no longer occur due to league switches. In 2011 the Cardinals and Brewers did meet for the National League Pennant, the latest possible postseason series now possible for the two franchises to play each other in. This was the first of thirteen consecutive World Series over fourteen years that did not include the New York Yankees (during that time, a player's strike wiped out the remainder of the 1994 regular season games, postseason and World Series and delayed the start of the 1995 season); to date, it's their longest such drought since , the year of their first World Series championship. ==Preview== The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers hit 216 home runs during the regular season, thus earning them the nickname ''Harvey's Wallbangers'' (after manager Harvey Kuenn). In a sharp contrast, the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals only hit 67 home runs, fewer than Gorman Thomas' 39 and Ben Oglivie's 34 combined. The Cardinals had built their reputation and won their division behind solid pitching, exceptional defense, and aggressive base running, manufacturing runs in a style that would come to be called “Whiteyball,” named for team manager Whitey Herzog. This style would be the hallmark of the Cardinals through the 1980s and see them into two more World Series (in 1985 and 1987, both of which were lost). The Brewers and Cardinals each boasted a dominant closer, with veteran Rollie Fingers holding the role for Milwaukee and Bruce Sutter for St. Louis. Fingers did not pitch in this series, which would have been his fourth, due to tearing a muscle in his arm. The two teams had made a trade in December 1980 that was expected to benefit both teams. Milwaukee traded pitchers Dave LaPoint and Lary Sorenson and outfielders Sixto Lezcano and David Green to the Cardinals, with Pete Vuckovich and Ted Simmons comprising two thirds of St. Louis' return. The Cardinals had already traded for Fingers, who had played for the San Diego Padres, but after acquiring him the team acquired Sutter from the Chicago Cubs and thus added Fingers to the trade with the Brewers. The Cardinals built their team on speed, clutch hitting and pitching. The Cardinals made additional trades for Willie McGee, Ozzie Smith, George Hendrick, Joaquin Andujar and Bruce Sutter, all designed to craft a well balanced championship level team. The Brewers combined a productive farm system with additional trades as well to build their heavy hitting ball club. Moose Haas, Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and Gorman Thomas came through the system, while Mike Caldwell, the aforementioned Vukovich, Simmons and Fingers, and Ben Oglivie, Cecil Cooper and Don Money all arrived via the trade route. On June 1, with the team 23–24 and floundering in fifth place, Brewer GM Harry Dalton replaced manager Buck Rogers with Harvey Kuenn. The Brewers responded by winning at a .626 clip the rest of the way, taking first place for good on July 31 and never looking back. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1982 World Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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