The Cubs have made it to late July and they have managed to go through nearly 60% of a baseball season without dissolving into a Cubbish morass of ineptitude. They have hit baseballs in the right direction. They have thrown baseballs at a regulation strike zone. Most of the outfielders have managed to show up with regulation baseball gloves and not oversized novelty gloves and propeller beanies. It's a new world.
The Cubs remain in contention for one of the dozens of available wildcard playoff spots this season because of the sudden influx of young, talented Cubs. Anthony Rizzo has matured into one of the best hitters in the National League.
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