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We all know by now that the man is scrappy, but good On Base? His career OBP is .350 (last year .351), which is pretty much the league average. This goes against popular sentiment, but Eckstein is just not that good a leadoff man. And if you're using him as one of your reasons to defend the Cardinals as a strong WS champ, then you are pretty much proving King's point.
Pujols and Carpenter are awesome. But let's be honest about the '06 Cardinals; they won the Series because their little-bit-better-than-mediocre (besides Carpenter) pitching rotation got unconscious in the postseason. It does not make them a bad team, and it does not mean they didn't earn the championship. But a pretty strong argument can be made that they are the worst WS champion ever.
