NL Wild Card Standings

Want something to really get pissed about? Take a look at the NL Wild Card race.

Heading into play this evening, here is the sad state of the National League. The NL Wild Card leaders the Reds and Dodgers at 2 games above the .500 mark find themselves leading the race. The Cubs opponent tonight the Milwaukee Brewers at 7 games below .500 find themselves in 8th place in the race and only 4.5 games out of the lead. It's hard to believe but the Milwaukee Brewers are one long winning streak from being right in the middle of this whole thing.

TEAM W L GB Left
Cincinnati 57 55 -- 50
LA Dodgers 57 55 -- 50
Arizona 56 56 1.0 50
Philadelphia 54 57 2.5 51
Colorado 54 57 2.5 51
San Francisco 54 58 3.0 50
Houston 53 58 3.5 51
Milwaukee 52 59 4.5 51
Atlanta 51 60 5.5 51
Florida 51 60 5.5 51
Washington 49 62 7.5 51
Chi Cubs 47 64 9.5 51
Pittsburgh 42 70 15.0 50

This brings me to the Northsiders. The NL is so weak we as Cub fans shouldn't be worried about November or next year. The Cubs should be smack dab in the midst of this horrendous Wild Card race. Injuries and all other excuses aside, the Cubs Manager was supposed to keep them in races like this. The 2006 National League is so weak, the Cubs should have been in the middle of this thing.