105 wins is pretty damn impressive. Going into the season, I thought 92 wins might win the division but alas, the Bucs, the Reds, and the Brewers weren't as competitive as I expected.
...besides having some world-class hitters, the key for the Cardinals was the stability and excellence of the rotation. It's not often, as I wrote before, that a team gets 30 or more starts from four different pitchers, and 28 from their fifth starter. Check it out. Only three starts were made by the number six and seven guys on their depth chart. Rotation-wise, the Cardinals achieved in 2004 what the Cubs achieved in 2003. As we saw this year with the Cubbies, the Cardinals have a window of opportunity now that will probably close sooner then they expect.
I'll be rooting for the Cardinals throughout the playoffs.
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