Cubs Stand Still

The Chicago Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Since the Brewers are in first place in the Central Division and the Cubs are in second place, the Cubs are still only 5.5 games out of first place. The Brewers have the magic capacity to lose when the Cubs lose, which creates the illusion that the Cubs are always playing pretty good baseball.

This is a jolly state of affairs, or seems to be. The problem is that if both the Brewers and the Cubs continue to lose, at least one of the teams at the bottom will eventually pass both the Brewers and the Cubs.

You can't bet your entire stack of chips on a losing team and expect other teams to accomodate you. At some future date, you'll get burnt like a hotdog on the Fourth of July.

Enough of this. Let's win tonight.