If memory serves, that 45 homer 2nd baseman cost them a trip to the playoffs when he couldn't make the simplest throw to first. It would have been nice to see what that team could have done in October.
As for this team, sometimes they feel like a team of destiny and the next minute it feels like they're doomed to collapse. If they could ever get the offense firing on all cylinders again I think they could do some damage. They're all going through a down period right now but it might be good to be coming out of it at the right time. Get Bo back and Vlad, Barger and Kirk come around and let's see what happens.