How have we struggled with the Cardinals? A loss and 2 close games that ended up wins. The Cubs were 2 swings of the bat away from losing 3 games in a row to the Cardinals, thats hardly dominating. Thats really really pushing it. We have faced their ace, and a guy who has dominated everybody in the daytime. Alot of baseball games come down to 1 swing of the bat. Yeah a lot of them do, but I think that was the original posters point. These are games that either side could easily win, the Cubs just did enough in 2 of the 3 to pull off the wins. That would be having 'trouble' with them. But the statement makes no sense, as most baseball games arent blow outs and come down to 1 or 2 swings. Hes making a big deal about our "struggles" with the Cards, and its like that for the majority of MLB. Hence, the reason most playoff teams win the close games, and most bad teams lose them.