A year ago, the St. Louis Cardinals hosted the Phillies in a Wild Card playoff series. Due to the presence of the league MVP, a couple of future Hall of Famers, and their previous postseason experience, most pundits picked the Cardinals to win that series.
Those pundits were wrong.
Not only did the Phillies dismiss the Cardinals in two games, but they also sent Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina into retirement and the Cardinals franchise into a tailspin that has resulted them in being one of the worst teams in baseball this season.