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When the Cubs hit rock bottom on June 2, they had just lost their sixth game in a row -- Lou Piniella had just thrown his on-field tantrum, and only a day earlier Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett went at it in both the dugout and the clubhouse. The Cubs sat at 22-31, nine games below .500 and 7 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central standings.
Their dramatic 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, combined with the Brew Crew's loss to the New York Mets, puts the two teams into a virtual tie atop the NL Central standings. The Cubs are currently edging out the Brewers with a .538 winning percentage to the Brewers' .537.
How did the Cubs finally climb their way to the top on August 1? Since their season-low nadir in early June the Cubs have been on a tear, with the best record in baseball since then. The Cubs are 13-6 post All-Star break, compared to the Brewers' 9-10 record.
Will their surge in the Central continue now that they've caught the Brewers? It does look that way. The Brewers look like they're fast fading away, while Piniella seems like he's found the lineup he likes with his new ball club, and the Cubs show few signs of letting up. While neither team made any substantial moves at the trading deadline, the Cubs should be adding Kerry Wood to their bullpen by week's end. If the Cubs can get Wood healthy and back on the mound at Wrigley, all things are possible.
Photo by AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
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kerry wood is back just in time to be on a winning ball club...how...convenient.
i wish i could stay out of work and make money and only start back up when it became fun to work there again.
Prediction - he blows the playoffs run for the cubs.
Go Cubbies!
I don't think that Lou has the same problem as previous managers with a need to keep a player in just because they once were good. He'll pull Kerry fast, if he's not doing his job.
Great win last night. I was rooting for Floyd to slap a single into a right center, but the wild pitch will do just fine. Thank you, Mr. Myers.
I wouldn't mind seeing the Cubs go all the way, though I don't think I'm quite ready for the apocalypse just yet...but at least I wouldn't have to worry about my student loans any more.
Cubs baby. time to start getting excited. the mets series is going to be very telling though.
as for kerry wood....if he can do anything, its gravy. i have absolutely no expectations on that end.
The Cubs are so freakin' money it's awesome. Me and my old frat bros have declared the Cubbies the Official Pro Team of The Ohio State University.
Playoffs = More Games = More Fun at Wrigley = A lot more ladies rockin' at Wrigley
Brad "B-Tuck" Tucker
I love the bitter sox fan (guest 6), it's entertaining. I'm cautiously optimistic as a Cubs fan, but it's been a fun ride so far. I also don't see how Kerry Wood can blow the playoff run. He's one guy in the bullpen. He might won't see action everyday as must bullpen guys dont' play everyday. Don't be a bitter moron.
Dude, I'm a total Cub fan. Shut up and drink your beer!
B-Tuck
It's these loser frat boy morons like "B-Tuck" that have turned Wrigleyville into the vodka-soaked hellhole it is today. College is over, dipshit.
alright guy, whatever you say.
Hmm ... I seem to recall a few months back certain versions of the third-person Chicagoist and his loyal band of named commenters complaining that Sweet Lou was just too old and unpredictable to handle the Cubs' problems ... even though even at that point, the Cubs were in second place. My response (I used a name back then, too) as a long-time Piniella fan was that you people should just shut up, give it time and wait for Lou to work his magic. And what's happened since? Did Lou have the heart attack some of you people predicted? Don't think so. The on-field dramatics so many "fans" (of Brain Dead Dusty Baker, maybe?) thought were so, so infantile and distracting served their purpose and fired the team into first, just as I knew they would.
Cubs fans shouldn't get too excited yet, not until we see how they handle those Mets. There's still a lot of season to go, and the post-season is a different kind of wringer. But we can be confident Lou's got 'em on the right track and that stupid goat's quaking in it's hooves. If not this year, then next. For real this time.
(And for the benefit of #7, I'm really a Sox fan.)
To all Sox fans -- Psyche!
To Brew fans -- Double Psyche!!
To Card fans -- Psyche, Psyche, Psyche!!!
B-Tuck
Hate the game, not the playa
I'm waiting. I'm hoping they keep it going. God I love my Cubs, but I'm so not ready to get my heart broken AGAIN.
But baseball and football and all this awesome, I think my head is going to explode.
and #9? I agree wholeheartedly. I miss being able to go to first day of sales and actually be able to GET tickets. But those days are long past.