Chicago Cubs Winning Enjoyable but Coming at the Worst Possible Time

Sure, it's always nice to beat the Cardinals, and any win is a good win when you're a long-suffering Cubs fan as I am. That said, it may surprise you that I am not happy about the Cubs recent "surge", for lack of a better term.

By starting to win now, it may lead Jim Hendry and the Cubs brass into the false assumption that they actually are a contender.

That would also mean that they would hold off on trying to trade their movable pieces — a mistake that could prove costly for the Cubs in the long run.

Look, the Cubs are playing well, but to think they have a chance is simply fool's gold.

They sit 9.5 games behind division-leading Cincinnati, and would have to climb over two teams to overtake the NL Cen...

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