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Cubs are on record win pace, but their stretch isn't all that unique

How good are the Chicago Cubs? Even though they've lost four of their past seven games -- including a 4-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday when Chase Anderson no-hit them for seven innings -- they're still 28-10 and on pace to win 119 games. That would be a record. The 2001 Seattle Mariners went 116-46 and the 1906 Cubs -- in a much different era -- went 116-36.

Is it too early to be talking about the Cubs as an all-time great team? Before we get to that, here are the teams to win 105 or more games in the 162-game era (since 1961) and their records through 38 games:

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