Its bound to happen though. 5 games is a nice cushion to have right now. Who knows what the Brewers are going to do, but it really doesn't matter. The Cubs are 7-2 since the last game against FLA, winning 2 series in a row. If they can take these next 2 against Houston they will have won 3 straight series. That is the goal now with a 5 game lead. Milwaukee or STL won't come close if the Cubs can win the majority of the remaining series. Agreed...but I'm more or less looking forward to September as our victory tour as opposed to a fight to hang on dearly with a very tough schedule. Normally I'd point to our August home schedule as being in our favor, but the bottom line is, like I said before we are only 9-8 in our last 17 home games, and it's not like we've played to cream of the MLB crop. Those games are against Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Florida, Pittsburgh, Houston. If we don't take advantage of this favorable schedule and get a 7-8 game lead into September, we might be hanging on for dear life. If we have an 8 game lead going into September and go 12-13 in the month, the Brewers would have to go 20-5 to catch us.