I sat at my keyboard for a very long time thinking about how to write up Saturday's 8-1 Cubs loss to the Cardinals, just the third time this year the Cubs have lost by seven runs or more. (That's good, in a perverse way: they're not getting blown out.)
Here's the way I think we all have to look at this: It's not just the Cubs that the Cardinals are doing these kinds of things to, it's everyone. In addition to Saturday's blowout, the Cardinals have already won games this year 12-4, 11-5, 10-2, 10-1, 9-3, 9-0, 8-3 and 7-1.