Friggin' Cardinals

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=58151:date=Aug 16 2009, 10:13 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 16 2009, 10:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=58149:date=Aug 16 2009, 10:08 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Aug 16 2009, 10:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=58147:date=Aug 16 2009, 09:50 PM:name=Kid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid @ Aug 16 2009, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=58146:date=Aug 16 2009, 10:44 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Aug 16 2009, 10:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=58126:date=Aug 16 2009, 07:25 PM:name=Baron)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 16 2009, 07:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Winning the division hasn't mattered the last 2 years, AFAIK there is still a Wild Card.

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You can't be serious. The WC isn't coming out of the Central.
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FWIW, the Cubs have the easiest remaining schedule of any WC contending team.
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The second place team in the Central will finish farther out of the WC race than they will from first in their own division.
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I don't think I agree with that.
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I'd like to make the playoffs. I'd like to win the division. I'm not out of hope yet. Failing that, I'd like to win the WC. I'm just not optimistic. Not bereft of hope...but lacking optimism.