By mere percentage points.....

[ryno4ever]

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Central W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10
Chicago Cubs 22 15 .595 -- 14-6 8-9 4-4 14-10 4-1 Won 3 5-5
St. Louis Cardinals 23 16 .590 -- 14-7 9-9 3-0 13-9 7-7 Lost 1 5-5
Houston Astros 20 17 .541 2.0 11-6 9-11 5-4 8-6 7-7 Won 2 8-2
Milwaukee Brewers 18 19 .486 4.0 9-7 9-12 4-7 11-12 3-0 Won 1 3-7
Pittsburgh Pirates 17 19 .472 4.5 11-7 6-12 9-10 4-7 4-2 Won 5 7-3
Cincinnati Reds 15 23 .395 7.5 8-9 7-14 3-7 7-13 5-3 Lost 1 3-7

Wow, I guess I didn't realize how tight of a division it really is.... the Brewers are slowly slipping away.... and the Stros are quietly coming into the picture.

[NeifiPerezMVP2007]

Ned Yost is living on borrowed time in Milwaukee, they have really under achieved so far. The Brewer fans are getting really sick of Yost and I think its funny. After this HUGE sweep I expect another surge on this home-stand.

The Cardinals are going to fall off, they don't have enough veteran offensive players that can carry a team. But, I guess Pujols is like 3 hitters-in-1.

The Astros are a team that scares me. Thats a pretty decent offensive power threat and they have a slightly above average starting 5. The bullpen is rather weak, but that can change.

The Reds and Pirates are going to be fighting for the basement, again.

[TheBenjamin]

I predct an 8-2 homestand now that we swept the backs

[ryno4ever]

I don't like that we have to face Peavy.... Maddux is hittable, but Peavy may be a tough night at the plate.

[InfinitePulse]

Ned Yost is living on borrowed time in Milwaukee, they have really under achieved so far. The Brewer fans are getting really sick of Yost and I think its funny. After this HUGE sweep I expect another surge on this home-stand.

The Cardinals are going to fall off, they don't have enough veteran offensive players that can carry a team. But, I guess Pujols is like 3 hitters-in-1.

The Astros are a team that scares me. Thats a pretty decent offensive power threat and they have a slightly above average starting 5. The bullpen is rather weak, but that can change.

The Reds and Pirates are going to be fighting for the basement, again.

I think if the Reds can put some hitting behind their pitching, they could make a push...

The Pirates have been putting up obnoxious numbers in the run column lately, and while I don't believe they'll contend, I think they'll play spoiler late into the summer.

The Stros will make a push, but don't have enough to contend, and the Cards have decent pitching and good hitting... we saw that last weekend.

The Brewers took a huge hit with Gallardo's injury, but they'll contend just fine. I think that their fans don't know how to deal with adversity after what they consider to be a successful season last year. Yost has done a good job with that young team, and there's no reason to believe that they won't contend again this season.

If only the Cubs could manage to get someone like Wainwright... I think he'd be a phenominal #2 to accompany Zambrano.

[LeeEila's/rant]

Yea , I am up on this !!!! We are ahead in the loss side that they can't get back .

We just need to keep hammering away with good outings by Z, Lilly , Dempster and then get run support for the rest and we have this in the bag .

[cubs161]

every pitchers hittable, peavys tough but sorianos been doing better along with the rest of the team dont worry we swept the D-Backs and we'll maybe not sweep the padres but atlease win the series.

[cubbyfanforever]

This year this division is tough, glad we have more respect this year, so when we do win, they won't say, their division is weak.

[bringbacktuffy]

Its still early, but its nice to see. Im really not worried about what everyone else is doing just yet. If we can turn this sweep into a nice 7-8 game winning streak Ill be happy. f the rotation can give us consecutive quality starts and the lineup keeps putting quality ABs, the cubs will be just fine.