 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mu offseason pamberi pa2004, St. Louis akaita kiyi pitching acquisitions iyo yakazove yakakosha mune yavo World Series inomhanya: kusiya basa wakasununguka mumiriri Chris Carpenter kunyangwe asina kukanda mwaka wapfuura, uye kuunza Adam Wainwright naJason Marquis kuburikidza nekutengeserana. Migumisiro isina kunaka yakaratidza kutanga kwe2322. Zvisinei, Rolen, Edmonds naPujols vakapa simba maCardinal kuhwina 105 Major League-yakanakisa, vachiwana zita remadunhurirwa rekuti MV3, sezvo vakakunda 82 yemitambo yavo yekupedzisira 117 .700 yekukunda muzana. Mumwe nomumwe akaenzana kana kuti akapfuura 34 home runs, 102 runs scored, 111 RBIs uye.301 batting average uye akaiswa wechitatu, wechina uye wechishanu muMVP kuvhota. Carpenter akararama kusvika kune yake yekare yepamusoro-tarisiro kubhadharisa, achiputsa ne15 kuhwina uye 3.22 ERA uye pitching vashandi vakapedza wechipiri muNL muERA pa3.75. MuNLCS, Edmonds akarova homerun yekukunda mutambo vachipesana neHouston Astros. MuWorld Series, vakasangana neBoston Red Sox squad ichangobva kukunda ina yakateedzana pamusoro peYankees zvichitevera 03 kushomeka muALCS. Kudzoka nenzira iyi mumitambo mikuru yemitambo yeNorth America kwakanga kwamboitika chete muNHL. Vasingaregi, Red Sox vakaparadza maCardinal. Zvichitevera kubudirira kweCardinals mumwaka wenguva dzose, The Sporting News yakatumidza Jocketty kuti awane mubairo wake wechipiri weMutungamiri wegore. 