Tulis hiji neraskeun pikeun ayat ieu - The Cardinals earned berth maranéhanana kana playoffs ku unggul judul Divisi NL Tengah, sarta miboga catetan win / leungitna pangalusna di NL. The Red Sox meunang AL wild card pikeun earn maranéhanana. The Cardinals ngahontal World Series ku ngéléhkeun Los Angeles Dodgers di best-of-five NL Division Series jeung Houston Astros di best-of-seven NL Championship Series
. tapi Red Sox ngéléhkeun Anaheim Angels di AL Divisi Series. Sanggeus kalah tilu kali ti New York Yankees dina AL Championship Series, Red Sox datang deui pikeun meunangkeun séri, maju ka World Series kahijina saprak. The Cardinals dijieun penampilan kahiji maranéhanana di Series Dunya saprak. Kalayan New England Patriots meunang Super Bowl XXXVIII, meunangna di World Series ngajadikeun Boston kota kahiji nu boga tim juara Super Bowl jeung World Series dina taun nu sarua (2004) saprak Pittsburgh dina taun 1979. Red Sox jadi tim wild card katilu berturut-turut meunangkeun World Series; Anaheim Angels meunang taun 2002 jeung Florida Marlins meunang taun 2003.