Because we play in the worst division in baseball - that's how. True, but: especially for the first 6-8 weeks, off-season acquisitions performed horribly; we lost ARam for what, 40+ games, DLee looked finished until something like late May, injury to Soto (who also sucked for much of the first half), Dempster injured, Lilly now injured. This team has needed to overcome a lot. Regardless of the division, it's amazing the Cubs occupy 1st. Maybe in some ways, the CUBS are the ones with the pixie dust?