Milestone #1 - Passed

Relax and rejoice, fellow Cubs fans - tonight's 5-1 win over the Cardinals means that our favorite team won't lose 100 games this year! While tonight's Reds' win officially eliminated the Cubs from the postseason, that win combined with our win over our hated rivals pushes the Cardinals 7 games back of the Reds, reducing their tragic number to 13. As for the Cards, you know things are going bad when a team can't score a run off of Jeff Samardzija.

Now, it's on to milestone #2 - getting the four wins necessary to finish with more wins than the unstoppable force that was the 2006 Cubs.

Spoiler Alert!

At the end of play Monday, the Reds hold a one-game lead over the Cardinals for the NL Central lead, and the Giants hold a half-game lead over the Cardinals for the NL Wild Card.

The Cubs' records against those three teams so far this season:

Against Cincinnati: 3-10

Against San Francisco: 1-3

Against St. Louis: 5-4

So as of right now, the Cubs are keeping the Cardinals out of the postseason - not just by beating the Cardinals more often than not, but also by curling up into the fetal position against the two teams the Cardinals are chasing. When your team is 19 games under .500, ruining your archrival's season is the best you can hope for. Keep up the good work, Cubbies!