<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokushona kukaGussie Busch ngo-1989, i-brewery yathatha izintambo futhi yaqasha uJoe Torre ukuba aphathe ngasekupheleni kuka-1990, wabe esethengisa iqembu eqenjini lokutshala izimali elaliholwa uWilliam DeWitt, Jr. ngo-1996. UTony La Russa wathatha isikhundla sikaTorre entwasahlobo ka-1996. Ngo-1998, uMark McGwire waqhudelana noSammy Sosa wamaCubs ngokushaya ama-home run amaningi njengoba babefuna ukuqopha irekhodi lomdlalo owodwa. Kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2013, abakwaCardinals bavuselela indlela yabo eya phezulu ngokubonakala kwe-playoff eyishumi, ama-pennants amane e-NL, iziqu ezimbili ze-World Series kanye nokunqoba kwesizini ejwayelekile engu-1,274 ngokumelene nokulahlekelwa okungu-993 ngephesenti lokuwina elingu-.560, okuhola iNational League futhi okwesibili ku-MLB kuphela eNew York Yankees. Ngokungezwa kukaJim Edmonds, u-Albert Pujols, noScott Rolen, abakwaCardinals baveza ama-sluggers amathathu abavelele kanye nabavikeli ababizwa ngegama elithi MV3; UPujols wawina ama-MVP amathathu futhi washaya.328 ngama-home run angama-445 emsebenzini wakhe wamaKhadinali. Ngo-2004, i-playoff stalwart uChris Carpenters 3.09 ERA kanye nokunqoba okungu-15 kwasiza ithimba ukuba linqobe i-major-league engcono kakhulu engu-105 futhi lithatha  <response>: Umqhele we-NL. Ngo-2006, behlushwa ukulimala nokungahambisani, bawina i-World Series, behlulwa yiDetroit emidlalweni emihlanu ukuze babeke irekhodi eliphansi kunawo wonke lamaphuzu angama-83 okuwina umnqobi we-World Series. 