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Article: NL Central no joke // Cubs have been big surprise in improved division
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 5, 1998
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Forget the jokes about the "Comedy Central."
The National League Central is shaping up to be the toughest and
most competitive division in baseball this season. After one month
of play, the signs point to a closely contested summer, with the
eventual winner needing a record much better than .500.
That would not have been good news for the Cubs last season.
But the 1998 Cubs are different - and in the thick of the race
because they are.
Theirs might be the most dramatic turnaround in what might be
the most turned-around division in baseball:
The NL Central is the only six-team division in the majors, but the
teams are separated by only seven games. The top five teams are
separated by ...