  Maddux pitched his second consecutive complete game in a 13-2 romp of the Reds. It's nice to see the offense come alive, but I certainly wish those extra 10 runs had been spread over the past few games.
Some might be ready to concede the Central and start talking wild card; I'm not. I think we still have a shot at it. Anything can happen in the next two plus months. We still have to get healthy, and if Zambrano keeps plunking the opponents we might be looking at some beat up ballclubs (just kidding, but you knew that!). As usual, we need some help. We need St. Louis to skid, allowing the misused law of averages to be invoked.
Regardless of what happens elsewhere, the Cubs need to win. Period. No more close games, lost in late innings. No more running ourselves out of games. No more men stranded on third with one or no outs. No more Little League baserunning mistakes. And in its purest form and in the immortal words of Harry Caray, "Let's get some runs! " urlLink Read more! 
