Sunday, March 4, 2012

Now is the right time is now

All those roster-shaking, payroll-juggling moves the Cubs made over the winter were all about this, right now. This seven-game stretch of games that starts tonight in Colorado.

Well, mostly they were about October. But that's what these seven games are about, too.

Four full months into the season, the Cubs are finally on the right side of the .500 mark and firmly in contention in the division -- but with no more idea if they're a legitimate pennant threat than when they swooned in June against American League teams.

''Look, if we play well enough, we have plenty of time,'' manager Lou Piniella said. ''And if we don't play well enough, it's not going to make a …

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