CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs can rightfully be confident about their upcoming postseason run based on three simple words. Actually, they're names. Names that qualify as pitching royalty in the current era of baseball: Lester, Hendricks, Hamels.
Already so accomplished, the trio can add to their distinguished résumés simply by pitching as they are right now. Righty Kyle Hendricks was the latest to showcase what could come beginning next week, as he threw eight innings of two-run ball in a huge 8-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.