There’s almost invariably good drama in two division rivals playing each other to end the season. And there’s extremely good drama in two division rivals playing each other for seven of their final 10 contests when both teams are in the race for October. This is just what we have between the Cubs (who entered today tied for the second wild-card, three games out of first place in the NL Central) and Cardinals (who have narrowly held first place for most of the last month), and Thursday’s game in Chicago—the first of the aforementioned seven—may be best framed as the opening act of a grand dramatic saga.
Division Drama: Cardinals Best Cubs in Episode One of Their Seven-Part Saga
