 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka mutsva wakaunza timu yeCardinals iyo yakanga yachinja zvakanyanya kubva kune iyo yakaenda 100-62 muna 2005 asi yakawira kuHouston Astros muNLCS. Kutanga pitcher Matt Morris, wechipiri baseman Mark Grudzielanek, kuruboshwe fielder Reggie Sanders, uye relief pitcher Julián Tavárez akasiya timu kuburikidza nehurumende yemahara. Mudzivisi Ray King akachinjirwa kuColorado. Mudziviriri worudyi Larry Walker akarega. Akaunzwa kuti atsive maCardinals akasiya aive akarurama Juan Encarnación, kutanga dhiramu Sidney Ponson, relief pitchers Braden Looper naRicardo Rincón, vese kuburikidza nehurumende yemahara, uye wechipiri base Aaron Miles, akawanikwa mukutengeserana kwaRay King. Nzvimbo yekuruboshwe yakasiiwa isina kugadziriswa mumwaka wepakati uye yaizoramba yakadaro gore rose, pasina mutambi anowana zvinopfuura chetatu chenguva yekutamba panzvimbo iyoyo. 