A tumultuous week, personally; a glimmer of hope for the rest of us

Matt Snyder over at AOL Fanhouse made an interesting point the other day. During their initial podcast, he (as their resident Cubs fan) was asked if the Cubs can get back into the NL Central race. He noted that the question he was asked included the word "can", which he took to mean "is it possible"? Well, all you have to do is look to your right to see that, as of this morning, it says "2.5" for us under the "GB" column, and since this is July, and not September 30th, it is quite numerica