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On Aug. 25, the St. Louis Cardinals were 10 1/2 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL wild card race. The division title was out of reach, as the Brewers rampaged through the NL Central, so it appeared that St. Louis would be out of the postseason for the fourth time in five years.
On Wednesday, they'll be playing to win their second World Series in six years.
The Cardinals are a most unlikely World Series participant. They only got here after winning 24 of their final 33 regular-season games, clinching on the final day to get by the slumping Braves, who lost their last five. They shocked the heavily-favored Phillies in five games in the NLDS and then beat their division rival Brewers in the NLCS. In the World Series, they'll again be an underdog, to the...
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