I'd like to complain about the Cardinals luck but really even after our hot streak the Cubs *still* have outperformed their Pythagorean by a significant amount, so I don't think we have much leg to stand on. And in a sense, I get a perverse enjoyment that the Cardinals may be riding a house of cards performance and it'll collapse at any moment. (Or they'll just win it all, but the 2006 83 win Cardinals already destroyed my capacity for outrage so, no biggie)