8 games ago they played the the team who won the WS last year, i would consider the cards a good team despite their recent struggles Gotta wave the flag here. Cards are NOT a good team. Neither were the Cubs for most of April. That said, I don't care who the Cubs beat. I care that the Cubs beat them. I'll remain cautiously optimistic because of the quality of recent opponents. However, if they win a lot of games through the end of May, with their opponents being PHI, Mets, WSox, Padres, Dodgers, and Marlins, with one scheduled off day in that time, then I'm making my plans for Cubs baseball in Oct--Okay, I won't go that far, but it would be totally sweet.