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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
You never know, mang. Look at the '06 Cardinals. That team was worse than this one but got hot at the right time.
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They weren't really worse. They had a lot of bad injuries, and the guys got healthy at the right time, and we suffered the most fortunate injury in recent memory when Izzy went down, which allowed Waino to take his spot, and the bullpen had the most unsustainable run of luck in history.
But really, that team had respectable power, and the infield was immeasurably better.
Rolen had a near .900 OPS at third and 22 bombs. We aren't getting anything close to that. The outfield had guys that put up 19, 22, and 19. Not to mention you had a crack-free Spiezio off the bench as a really good utility player, Pujols had his best year,and a legitimate 2nd baseman in Ronnie Belliard.