[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

And shitty fundamentals lead to a run, possibly more.

Bernie wrote a good piece on this in the P-D.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...9bb30f31a.html

I would agree that after 109 games you are what you are. But I do think Jackson will perform better than McCllehan did as a starter. McClellhan will perform better than the relievers he replaces in the bullpen. Dontel and Scrabble will perform better than the relievers that they replaced. Furcal can't play a worst SS than Theriot. Pujols will play better. Freese will be playing instead of not for much of the first 109 games. The only one possibly sliding back could be Berkman.

The bottom line is that on paper we should play better baseball the final 51 games than we did the first 109 games.