Milwaukee is the place where hysteria surrounding the Cubs goes to die.
When the Cubs visited the Brewers at Miller Park in late July, the sky was falling for Cubs fans because their team had just been caught for first place in the National League Central. What did the Cubs do? They promptly swept four games and regained command of the division for good.
Then the Cubs made the journey to Milwaukee on Sunday to play a pair of games against the Astros that were rescheduled due to Hurricane Ike. With the Cubs struggling through early September, whispers of an imminent collapse were growing louder leading up to the series. What did the Cubs do? They sent Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly to the mound, and the duo gave up one hit in two games as the Cubs reasserted themselves as the team to beat in the National League, and perhaps in all of baseball.
The Cubs have one more regular-season trip to Milwaukee on the last weekend of the season. If the trend continues, they might come out of that looking so good that any talk of curses will be put to rest, allowing a restless fan base to prepare for a coronation.
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