There's always a bunch of variables like that going into a season for most teams that can make or break years... especially when it's "if xxx has a monster year." That said, the 08 team had a lot of that stuff go our way. DeRo had a great year, Dempster came out of nowhere to be a really good starter, Soto panned out, Harden had his one remotely healthy season and was pretty awesome, Aramis stayed healthy... and the biggest one... Jim freaking Edmonds just saying