It's not necessarily that the Cubs are in the race, but more that StL isn't. It's hard to get up and excited to play a team that is going nowhere this year. I am sorry for what I'm about to do... Please do not let any pregnant ladies or people with heart conditions view this. I still have not watched the final at bat of that game...in my world it did not happen. Hate is not a strong enough word. http://blogs.chron.com/larrydierker/worldseries1.jpg I am sorry to do that to you all. But I've seen one too many comments about how they can't get up for this series. Those stupid fluky Cardinals won the freaking WS off an 83 win season. Those same fluky Cardinals are giving Cubs fans a lifetime of gloating based on their flawed and fluky team. Cardinals fans are laughing at Cubs fans constantly as they watch us get excited about our team thats 5 games over .500, while they are still hungover from their WS champaign. Hate the Cardinals. HATE!!! just for good measure