The blog currently finds itself in Chicago, looking for a sublet, and maybe, just maybe, a full-time job. In my last three days though, I have gotten to see the Dodgers-Cubs series.

The Cubs have now won three in a row, more importantly though, they are winning games they never would have won in years past. Take tonight for example, they tie it in the bottom of the ninth off one of the best closers in baseball, and then win it in the tenth.

This team has a chance to do something special this year. The pieces are in place, and if Jim Hendry makes a couple of good moves at the trade deadline, they could really be in good shape.

Even when the Cubs lose, I still think this team is going to win the next day. It’s the first time in a while, maybe ever, that I have actually felt this way.

“To me, the first and 15th, when that paycheck comes in, it tells you who the ace is. They don’t get paid really, really well unless they’ve done some productive work. Zambrano is the guy we lean on the most.”—–Lou Piniella

Carlos Zambrano got another win tonight, this time over the Padres…..

The Cubs won for the 10,000th time in their history on Tuesday night. The funny thing is that the win came in a game they almost always lose. Going into the 9th the Cubs were down by a run, until Aramis Ramirez deposited a two-run homer into the left-field seats.

So here comes Kerry Wood into close…two quick outs…and then bam-bam the Rockies score a run to tie the game. Here’s where it gets weird for the Cubs and their fans. Wood actually got out of the inning and then the Cubs scored another run in the tenth. Carlos Marmol came in to the game in the bottom half of the inning and shut the door to preserve the win.

This kind of game does not usually happen for the Cubs. They find a way to lose, they don’t find a way to win. These are the types of games that good teams win. Maybe that’s what everybody has to realize this year….the Cubs are good.

The lineup is solid, and is only going to get better when a healthy Soriano returns. The bullpen is solid, especially with two closers at the back, in Wood and Marmol.

Now, I am trying not to think too much like a Cubs fan, because if I do, I’ll realize that what I’m seeing is really just a mirage, and they will figure out a way to start playing badly. I just don’t see that happeneing this year though. This team is as deep as I can remember it in years.

Maybe, just maybe, this is, in fact, the year…..