Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe oge ezumike nke 2004 nke ndị Cardinals duziri NL na agbapụ agbapụ (855) ebe ha na-ekwe ka ndị kacha nta (659), ndị La Russa's Cardinals meriri Los Angeles Dodgers na National League Division Series, egwuregwu 3 ruo 1. St. Louis mesiri Houston Astros ike na National League Championship Series
Ọ dị mma. N'ime usoro aghara aghara na onye na-emegide Roger Clemens n'elu egwuregwu ya, onye isi nke atọ nke Cardinals bụ Scott Rolen kụrụ egwuregwu na-emeri egwuregwu abụọ na-agba ọsọ na Clemens na Egwuregwu 7 na-esote Jim Edmonds 'rally na-azọpụta catch. Egwuregwu a mere ka ndị Cardinals gaa World Series nke mbụ ya kemgbe afọ 1987. Agbanyeghị, ha zutere otu ndị otu Boston Red Sox nke meriri ụkọ 3-0 megide New York Yankees bụ ndị kpochapụrụ ha n'egwuregwu anọ.