Baseball Report: Cubs Challenging In NL Central

By Norm Elrod
(CBS Chicago/CBS Local) — Pennant races are still too far off to predict. The long-distance horse race that is the MLB season plays out over months, not weeks.
But with baseball well into May, teams are starting to show their true colors. The early-season jitters are long gone. The injury picture is sorting itself out. And stats dominated by hot or cold streaks are beginning to level off.
The Chicago Cubs are one of those teams. After a rough start (and despite Monday’s