MLB: Cubs Hot, D-Backs Not

Posted on | May 30, 2008 | No Comments

After looking like the best team in baseball for about the first quarter of the season, the Arizona Diamondbacks are suddenly looking very ordinary. The D-Backs have now lost 4 games in a row and suddenly they’re sitting at just aix games over .500. The D-Backs have only won twice in the last ten games.

If not for the Los Angeles Dodgers losing four straight games too, the National League Central would be a lot closer. But the San Francisco Giants, who just finished up beating up the D-Backs are now just seven games back.

From the recently bad to the recently hot, the Chicago Cubs are suddenly looking like the best team in baseball. The Cubs hace won four straight games to raise their record to twelve games over .500. The Cubs’ .611 winning percentage is the best in baseball as no other team is at .600. This must be giving all the Cubs fans hope that perhaps they can finally break their long drought of not winning the World Series.

Also in the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies have strung together four wins while the NL East leading Florida Marlins have lost a pair of games. That combination draws the Phillies to within a half game of the Marlins.

So things in the National League are getting more and more interesting. What once looked like the Diamonbacks’ league to lose now looks like anyone’s to win. Things should continue to get more interesting as we roll out of May and into June. There are literally a few teams that can win the National League this year. And it’ll be fun to watch everything unfold throughout the summer.

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3. MLB: The Cubs Are Hot
4. MLB: Tampa Still Looking Strong, So Are the Cubs
5. MLB: D-Backs and Dodgers are Battling

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