Despite the bad...

[santini1]

Luck, contracts, injuries, etc. We are in first place and just swept the A's(with the rotation that was supposed to win them the world series). Honestly, it's crazy how things work out. We paid Pujols and Hamilton for exactly this scenario: to be first place in baseball and the favorites for the world series. Sure, this came a couple years later, and we still are not receiving the production we expected from them, but we had the emergence of Trout, G.Rich, Calhoun, Shoemaker, Street, Santiago, and even Cowgill, Cron, Navarro, and the rest of our bullpen stepping it up when they have been needed to play their role. Basically... its been a team effort. It wasn't Hamilton and Pujols who carried this team into best in the majors, hell it wasn't even trout. It has been a team effort, and that's what's best about this.

[tomsred]

It's always a team effort when you win big. In baseball no one or two players carry a team to glory.

[Splint7438]

The emergence of the bullpen makes us a serious contender for World Series champs. The addition of Grilli and subtraction of Ernesto saw the roles start to be defined and the deal for Street made us the deepest BP in MLB.

[Mad5577]

If we can sign a top free agent pitcher like Lester or even shield , we are going to be good for 3 years