67-45...

Thats the Cubbies record after an 8-5 victory for the good guys over the Pirates yesterday.  The win itself was both exciting and frustrating.  The bullpen was shaky, allowing the bums from Pittsburgh back in the game late, as the golden boy Jeffrey Samardzija (Go Irish!!!) looks like he is still getting used to pitching in the big leagues.  Fortunately, red-hot Reed Johnson went long again in the bottom of the 8th, with one Alfonso Soriano quickly following suit, giving the boys in blue the 3 run cushion that they would end with.  

Yet what should really stick out today is that record, 67-45.  It's all you need to look at to realize that this Cubbies squad is one of the best teams to take a major league field in quite some time.  The last time the Cubs were this many games over .500 was October 1, 1989, the last day of the 1989 regular season in which they finished 24 games over .500.  Id rather not talk about how that season ended, but it offers some perspective into just how special this club really is. 

October 1, 1989!!  Thats 19 years since the Cubbies have been this good.  And since we all know that the Northsiders are the best team in baseball year-in and year-out, we can therefore conclude that this Cubs team is the greatest major league ball club in nearly 20 years.  Its the transitive property.  

With that said, big day today Chicago!! Once again we have the Cubbies in the national spotlight game on ESPN.  They'll be hosting the Astros, who are coming off a series sweep of the Mets.  That worried me a little at first, until I reminded myself that it was the fucking Mets that they swept.  Those homos would probably lose to the Cubbies double-A affiliate, the Tennessee Smokies, at this point. 

We'll have more throughout the day and up until game time, including thoughts on a possible Mark Cuban purchase