Get your 2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Series Championship gear at Baseball Express

The St. Louis Cardinals are world champions, and you can use your New Era MLB 2011 World Series Champions locker room celebration cap as proof.

New Era’s 2011 World Series Champions locker room celebration cap is the same cap worn by St. Louis Cardinals players and managers after their World Series victory over the Texas Rangers. The only difference is that your hat won’t come soaked in champagne.

Get it for $32.99 at Baseball Express.

And Majestic’s 2011 World Series Locker Room T-Shirt is just like the cap. It’s the real deal.

Get it for $24.99.

But wait! There’s more.

We’re clearing out our selection of ALCS/NLCS hats and shirts. That means you can get a Texas Rangers AL Champions hat, normally priced at $32.99, for $24.98. You can get an ALCS or NLCS T-shirt for $19.98 — Five bucks below retail.

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Gear up like Albert Pujols with Marucci’s AP5 Pro Maple and Rawlings’ Heart of the Hide First Base Mitt

He’s one of the most dominant players in baseball, a feared power hitter with a major presence in the field.

He’s a nine-time All-Star, a six-time Silver Slugger winner and a two-time Gold Glove winner. Alongside the great Lou Gehrig, he’s the only other player in Major League Baseball history to post nine consecutive seasons with 30 doubles, a .300 batting average, 30 home runs, and 100 runs batted in or better.

Albert Pujols is easily one of the best baseball players currently in the sport, and maybe one of the best ever.

If there’s one thing we can say about Pujols, it’s that he didn’t get to where he is today by playing with small ball gear. Pujols uses some of the best stuff out there.

At the plate, his weapon of choice is Marucci’s AP5 Pro Maple Wood Baseball Bat.

It’s constructed with professional grade maple for a lightweight feel and tons of pop. Maple is the material of choice for many professional ballplayers, because it performs so much better than ash or bamboo, and Marucci’s pro maple is some of the best you can find.

The AP5 has a thin .90″ handle and 2 1/2″ barrel. Each bat is hand crafted and bone rubbed for an excellent feel and a superb look. Get it for $119.99 at Baseball Express.

In the field, Pujols uses a 12 3/4″ Rawlings Heart of the Hide First Base Mitt. It’s no surprise here that a MLB star is using a Heart of the Hide glove — they’ve been used by countless Gold Glove winners in the past.

Pujols’ specific cut is a moderately sized first base mitt, which provides the best of both worlds. It’s got a large enough pocket to help with snagging some of those tough first baseman catches, but it’s also designed to make it easy for the first baseman to remove the ball from the pocket and make another play in the infield.

It’s got a horizontal bar with X-laced web and a conventional back.

Get it for $209.99 at Baseball Express.

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Marucci’s new 2012 Black Series -3 Adult BBCOR Baseball Bat is not for the timid or the weak

Above, baseball wunderkind Bryce Harper takes BP with Marucci’s new 2012 Black Series -3 Adult BBCOR Baseball Bat.

As you can probably tell by the dramatic music, this bat isn’t kidding around.

The 2012 Marucci Black has seamless two-piece construction: An ultra-stiff carbon composite handle and an AZ3000 aluminum barrel.

That gives the batter the best of both worlds — the smooth swing, the superb balance and the stiffness of composite materials — combined with the responsiveness and performance of aluminum.

The engineers at Marucci designed a 33% longer bat barrel, which gives the 2012 Marucci Black one of the largest hitting areas on the market.

The 2012 Marucci Black also includes a new AV5 knob, which reduces vibration and takes the sting out of your swing. The result is a more solid feel and optimal energy transfer on every hit.

And last, but not least, it’s got an ultra-classy paint job. We think the bat’s graphics look like they could be a label for a bottle of fine scotch.

Get it for $299.99 at Baseball Express.

Related: Shop our entire selection of Marucci baseball bats.

Daily trivia (World Series ground rules edition)

At Busch Stadium, there’s a runner on 2nd. The batter pops up a fly ball that’s headed for the dugout. The 1B stands on the top lip of the dugout and leans forward to make the catch. After he makes the catch, his momentum causes him to step down into the dugout. What’s the call?