Keep the faith my friend. It's not like no team has ever started the season 3-5 and come back to make the playoffs. Do they look great? Not really. is the pen an issue? right now yes. What I do like is that the Cubs have been working the count a lot these last games, extending rallys by way of walking. You might not alwyas get that clutch hit, but when you do, instead of 1 run scoring, 2+ runs might score. This is why we were so good in 2008, and its very encouraging to see it happening again. See what I mean about this offense? We loaded the bases with a single and 2 BBs. And then due to a couple clutch hits, we score 4 runs. This is how baseball is meant to be.