When did the team that Boston beat in 2004 World Series win their first World Series?
1926
Title: St. Louis Cardinals
Passage: St. Louis Cardinals 2018 St. Louis Cardinals season Established in 1882 Team logo Cap insignia Major league affiliations National League (1892 -- present) Central Division (1994 -- present) East Division (1969 -- 1993) American Association (1882 -- 1891) Current uniform Retired numbers 6 9 10 14 17 20 24 42 42 45 85 Colors Red, midnight navy blue, yellow, white Name St. Louis Cardinals (1900 -- present) St. Louis Perfectos (1899) St. Louis Browns (1883 -- 1898) (AA) St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882) (AA) Other nicknames The Cards, The Redbirds, The Birds, Birds on the Bat Ballpark Busch Stadium (2006 -- present) Busch Memorial Stadium (1966 -- 2005) a.k.a. Busch Stadium (II) (1966 -- 1982) Sportsman's Park (1920 -- 1966) a.k.a. Busch Stadium (I) (1953 -- 1966) Robison Field (1893 -- 1920) a.k.a. Cardinal Field (1917 -- 1920) a.k.a. League Park (1899 -- 1911) a.k.a. Sportsman's Park (II) (1893 -- 1899) Sportsman's Park (1882 -- 1892) (playing in the old American Association) Major league titles World Series titles (11) 1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011 NL Pennants (19) 1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 2006 2011 2013 AA Pennants (4) 1885 1886 1887 1888 Central Division titles (10) 2000 2002 2005 2006 2009 2013 2014 2015 East Division titles (3) 1982 1985 Wild card berths (3) 2001 2011 2012 Front office Owner (s) William DeWitt Jr. Manager Mike Shildt General Manager Michael Girsch President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak
Title: Drop the Beat
Passage: Drop the Beat was a Canadian television series produced by Back Alley Films, which aired on CBC Television in 2000 and 2001. A short run dramatic series, the show was one of the first television series in the world centred around hip hop music and culture.
Title: New York Mets
Passage: In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40 -- 120, the worst regular season record since MLB went to a 162 - game schedule (two games were canceled). The team never finished better than second to last until the 1969 ``Miracle Mets ''beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history. Since then, they have played in four additional World Series, including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven - game loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox, a Subway Series loss against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in 2000, and a five - game loss to the Kansas City Royals in 2015.
Title: 2007 World Series
Passage: The 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season. The 103rd edition of the World Series, it was a best - of - seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games. It was the Rockies' first appearance in a World Series. The Red Sox's victory was their second World Series championship in four seasons and their seventh overall; it also marked the third sweep in four years by the AL champions. The series began on Wednesday, October 24 and ended on Sunday, October 28.
Title: Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Passage: Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 in Japan and World Soccer: Winning Eleven 8 International in North America) is the fourth installment of Konami's "Pro Evolution Soccer" football video game series. It's the first game of the series to appear on the original Xbox, with online game. The cover features former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, AS Roma forward Francesco Totti, and world-renowned Italian referee Pierluigi Collina. It was the first game in the series to feature licensed leagues.
Title: Pittsburgh Pirates
Passage: The franchise joined the NL in its eighth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years, winning three NL titles from 1901 to 1903, playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner. The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history, most famously winning the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees on a game - winning walk - off home run by Bill Mazeroski, the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run. They also won the 1971 World Series, led by the talent of Roberto Clemente, and the 1979 World Series under the slogan ``We Are Family '', led by`` Pops'' Willie Stargell.
Title: 2015 World Series
Passage: The 2015 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2015 season. The 111th edition of the World Series, it was a best - of - seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals. The series was played between October 27 and November 1, with the Royals winning the series 4 games to 1. It was the first time since the 2010 World Series that the World Series extended into November. The Royals became the first team since the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 World Series to win the World Series after losing in the previous year. It was the first World Series to feature only expansion teams and the first since the 2007 World Series to not feature the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, or San Francisco Giants as the NL champions.
Title: 2014 FIFA World Cup
Passage: In the final, Germany defeated Argentina 1 -- 0 to win the tournament and secure the country's fourth world title, the first after the German reunification in 1990, when as West Germany they also beat Argentina in the World Cup final. Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup staged in the Americas, and this result marked the third consecutive title won by a European team, after Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010.
Title: 2005 World Series
Passage: Neither team advanced to the post-season in 2006, but the 2006 World Series again featured teams from the American League Central and National League Central divisions, this time represented by the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals, respectively. The Cardinals won the World Series in five games, in which manager Tony La Russa became the second manager to win the World Series in both American and National leagues, previously managing the Oakland Athletics to the 1989 World Series championship. Both the White Sox and the Astros were in the Wild Card race until the final weeks of the season, with the White Sox finishing with 90 wins, the Astros with 82 wins. The White Sox made their first post-2005 playoff appearance in 2008, while the Astros would not return to the postseason until 2015, their third season as an American League team and would not return to the World Series until 2017, their fifth season as an American League team.
Title: Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2017–18
Passage: India won the Test series 1 -- 0, after the first and third matches were drawn. India won the ODI series 2 -- 1, their eighth consecutive series win since beating Zimbabwe in June 2016. India won the T20I series 3 -- 0.
Title: 2004 World Series
Passage: The 2004 World Series was the 100th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series. It featured the American League (AL) champions Boston Red Sox against the National League (NL) champions St. Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox defeated the Cardinals by four games to none in the best - of - seven series, played at Fenway Park and Busch Memorial Stadium. The series was played from October 23 to 27, 2004, broadcast on Fox, and watched by an average of just under 25.5 million viewers. The Red Sox became the third straight wild card team to win the World Series; the Anaheim Angels won in 2002 and the Florida Marlins won in 2003.
Title: New York Yankees
Passage: In 2003, the Yankees again had the best league record (101 -- 61), highlighted by Roger Clemens' 300th win and 4000th strikeout. In the ALCS, they defeated the Boston Red Sox in a dramatic seven game series, which featured a bench - clearing incident in Game 3 and a series - ending walk - off home run by Aaron Boone in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7. In the World Series the Yankees lost in 6 games to the Florida Marlins, losing a World Series at home for the first time since 1981.
St. Louis Cardinals 2004 World Series