I knew that would work.

Back off, Brewers, the Cubs have proved they can take care of your pair of aces. That, or the bats are getting hot at the perfect time. Either way you look at it, one thing's for sure: it's time to go on a tear.

A three-game winning streak with three really solid wins is always the point in which you either go on a substantial roll or you can fall back into baseball anonymity. Not that a first place team ever leaves the spotlight, but that prestigious "hottest team in baseball" label is out of reach. With the next couple weeks loaded with NL Central rivals, getting hot will make things easier in a much more challenging September. I hope that Florida game becomes monumental after all. Let's go big blue train.

Nothing is more overdue than a Cubs' winning streak. To put it simply, right now the Cubs are 19 games over .500. They have yet to break 20 games over .500 and have had 4 opportunities to do so since June 14. That's over a month of some seriously average baseball.

Yesterday's game was awesome. Awesome enough that myself and everyone at the minor league game at Wrigley last night were watching the TV monitors instead of the teams on the field we paid to see. Everyone contributed and Carlos Zambrano had some of his best command of the season. I can't remember the last time I checked a box score to see everyone with a hit. I couldn't believe that sixth inning. Good stuff.

There's not much else to say, it's just time to watch more baseball. When your team plays a game like last night, you should take a day to just enjoy it and not think about any other concerns. The ghosts of pessimism that haunted me last weekend have taken the week off so far and I just hope they stay away.