ESPN.com · May 6, 2019
How the Cubs already took over first place in the NL Central
CHICAGO -- If there is such a thing as a baseball Hollywood script in early May, then the Chicago Cubs have the plot line down: Get off to a bad start -- inviting doubters from all over the game -- then turn things around to the tune of a seven-game winning streak, culminating in a three-game sweep of the first-place team.
In pulling that off, the Cubs switched places with the St. Louis Cardinals, finding themselves on top of the National League Central less than a month after a season-opening 2-7 road trip. The turnaround has been as dramatic as it reads.