Central		W	L	GB
CHC		81	73	---
MIL		79	74	1.5
STL		71	82	9.5
CIN		71	83	10.0
HOU		68	86	13.0
PIT		66	88	15.0

The race to 86 wins wages on.

At 8-2 in their last ten games, the Cubs are finishing strong. Momentum! The Hardball Times probably has fifteen articles about how little momentum matters to a playoff run.

Ed Wade is the new Astros GM. Find some lively Ed Wade debate, circa 2003, here. Screw minority hirings, or SABR-metricians like Theo Epstein. We'll take the old white guy who built mediocre teams somewhere for awhile.