Standing on the shoulders of Giants

Friday, October 1

Cubs Fall By the Wayside



Absolutely no one saw this coming. Last Thursday, the Chicago Cubs were game ahead in the NL Wild-card with eight to play. None of those contests would be against teams in a pennant race. Today, they lost 5-4 to Atlanta. In doing so, they dropped their fourth in a row. Now, only mathematics stands between them and elimination.

Despite possessing a lauded rotation -- featuring five legimate front-line starters -- a lineup boasting the most home runs in the league, and Nomar Garciappara, the Cubs have been unable win enough close ballgames. That might, of course, have something to do with the fact that their most frequent opponents this season include St. Louis and Houston -- as opposed to Colorado and Arizona. Yet Chicago's demise is ultimately their own doing, and a timely reminder of the vibrant unpredictability of this game. The Astros meanwhile, due in no small part to their 15 consectutive home wins, find themselves on the brink of the Octoberfest. Today, they host the Rockies, whose incompetence in turn recently gifted the Dodgers two wins -- and a carefree final weekend, versus San Francisco.

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