After the Cubs won a silly game on Friday, coupled with some key division rivals losing their games later on that night, we find our favorite team still sitting on top of the baseball world with a commanding NL Central lead. I’m going to Sunday’s game with a friend, for Jake Arrieta Day (yay), and while I’m not counting my chickens before they hatch, so to speak, I think I’m justified in feeling PRETTY confident about this Cubs team right now.
One thing that I kept thinking about as the Cubs roared back from the brink of disaster (oh noes, their lead shrunk to like four games, help) was whether there would be a time late in the season where Joe Maddon would allow one of his players to check off all the spots on the diamond.