Due to the lockout, the Cubs have gone 50 games into this season without facing the Cardinals. The last time the teams went into a season this late without meeting was 1985, when they didn’t play until the Cubs’ 57th game and Cardinals’ 58th.
For more on the Cardinals, here’s Josey Curtis, manager of our SB Nation Cardinals site Viva el Birdos.
It took until past the quarter mark of the season, but we are finally here: A series between the Cardinals and Cubs. The Cardinals, under first-year manager Oliver Marmol, are 29-21 and are very much “going for it.