But is that the result of them playing better or a result of luck? Certainly the pitching staff, or 12 of the 25 players on the team, didn't do anything special in June. And heck, even though they did much better at the plate than they did in April, and the runs per game average from those two months are pretty close. The Cubs were probably as fortunate to win like they did in June as they were unfortunate to lose as many as they did early on. Could be luck. It's one of those things that is impossible to say one way or the other. Cubs' pythag was predicting we would pull it up long before the tirade, but on the other hand the whole "find a way to lose" vs. "find a way to win" thing. What is that - ? Mentality? I was about to say the Crew are 3-0 since their "tirade", but not quite yet.....they just gave up 5 in the 9th, blew an easy save opp.