Bernie Bytes 7-30-10: Fix The Dang Offense

One more time now: the most glaring weakness with the 2010 Cardinals is their dull offense.The Cardinals have scored 3 runs or fewer in 40 of 102 games. They have been shutout or held to 1 run in 22 games. There's been so much emphasis on finding a starting pitcher, so much talk about helping the STL rotation, I'm starting to wonder whether I've been watching a different team. The Cardinals have three strong starters in Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright and Jaime Garcia. They had three strong starters last season, too; remember that Joel Pineiro had a career year in 2009. And how did the season end? With the Cardinals scoring six runs in three straight losses to the LA Dodgers in the NLDS. And that offense remains a drag in 2010.

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