Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - Ina ua maeʻa le 2004 masani vaitau lea na taʻitaʻia ai e le Cardinals le NL i le taʻavale na taʻavale (855) aʻo faʻatagaina le toʻaitiiti (659), na faʻatoʻilaloina e le La Russa's Cardinals le Los Angeles Dodgers i le National League Division Series, 3 taaloga i le 1. Na taʻalo St. Louis i le Houston Astros i le National League Championship Series
. I se faasologa faigata ma le pitcher tetee Roger Clemens i le pito i luga o lana taaloga, Cardinals lona tolu baseman Scott Rolen lavea se taaloga-manumalo lua tamoʻe i le fale mai Clemens i Taaloga 7 mulimuli Jim Edmonds 'rally laveaiina puʻe. O lenei taamilosaga na taʻitaʻia ai le ʻau Cardinals i le Taamilosaga a le Lalolagi mo le taimi muamua talu mai le 1987. Ae peitaʻi, na latou feiloaʻi ma le au a le Boston Red Sox lea na manumalo i le 3 i le 0 i le New York Yankees lea na faatoʻilaloina i latou i taaloga e fā.