Chicago Cubs Online · May 2, 2016
The Daily CCO: Baseball is Fun for the Cubs
The Cubs begin the first full week of the second month of the baseball season with the best winning percentage (.739) in the game after finishing April with a 17-5 record, tops in baseball. And the Cubs have the biggest run differential in the game (+78) after outscoring their opponents 139-61.
Even with Sunday’s game not going the Cubs way, Joe Maddon’s team maintained their lead in the NL Central and the top spot in Buster Olney’s power rankings.
The Cubs had fun after Sunday’s extra innings loss to the Braves. With the big week ahead against the Pirates and Nationals, the Minimalist Zany Suit Trip to Pittsburgh keeps the next three days in early May in proper perspective.