<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Esikhathini esingaphambi kwesizini ngaphambi kuka-2004, iSt. Louis yenza ukuthengwa okuyisihluthulelo okwathi kamuva kwabonakala kuyingxenye ebalulekile ekuhambeni kwabo kweWorld Series: ukuhoxisa isisebenzi samahhala uChris Carpenter yize engazange adonse isizini edlule, futhi waletha u-Adam Wainwright noJason Marquis ngokuhweba. Imiphumela emibi yayibonisa ukuqala okungu-23-22. Kodwa-ke, uRolen, u-Edmonds noPujols banikeze amandla amaKhadinali ekunqobeni okungcono kakhulu kwe-Major League okungu-105, bathola isidlaliso esithi MV3, njengoba benqobile imidlalo yabo engu-82 kwengu-117 yokugcina .700 amaphesenti okuwina. Ngamunye wabo walinganisa noma wadlula ama-home run angu-34, ama-run angu-102, ama-RBIs angu-111 kanye nesilinganiso sokushaya esingu-.301 futhi wabekwa endaweni yesithathu, yesine neyesihlanu ekuvotweni kwe-MVP. UCarpenter waphila ngokukhokhelwa kwakhe okuphezulu kokuqala, waqhuma ngokunqoba okungu-15 kanye ne-3.22 ERA futhi abasebenzi be-pitching baqeda okwesibili ku-NL ku-ERA ku-3.75. Ezindaweni  <response>: E-NLCS, u-Edmonds ushaye i-home run eyasiza i-Houston Astros ukuba iwine umdlalo. Emdlalweni we-World Series, bahlangana neqembu leBoston Red Sox elalisanda kunqoba amaYankees amahlandla amane alandelanayo kulandela ukwehlulwa ngo- 0-3 ku-ALCS. Ukubuya ngale ndlela kunoma yiziphi izilimi ezinkulu zezemidlalo zaseNyakatho Melika ngaphambili kwakwenzeke kuphela ku-NHL. I-Red Sox yanqoba i-Cardinals ngaphandle kokweqa isilinganiso. Ngemuva kokuphumelela kweCardinals ngesizini ejwayelekile, I-Sporting News ibize uJocketty ngomklomelo wakhe wesibili we-Executive of the Year. 