It’s Cardinals week for the Cubs as the long-time rivals meet up for the first time this season. The Cubs got the best of the Cardinals last year but that was then. Joe Maddon’s team has to knock off the defending NL Central Champs to reach their first goal of the season. As Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer constantly remind the media, the Cubs are the defending third place team and have not won anything yet.
According to Paul Sullivan, an old rivalry gets a new twist as the Cubs and Cardinals meet in St.