Cubs can compete, but not at status quo

Olney: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/1681?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Miggy eyes another Triple Crown
Cameron: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9285747/kyle-kendrick-tops-players-whove-reinvented-2013-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Top early-season turnarounds
Petriello: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9287861/texas-rangers-showing-making-offseason-moves-was-way-go-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Quiet winter doesn't slow Texas
Spratt: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9286429/arizona-diamondbacks-paul-goldschmidt-setting-mvp-pace-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Goldschmidt setting MVP pace
Law: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9277478/houston-astros-do-not-take-mark-appel-first-mock-draft-2013-mlb-draft?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Appel not No. 1 in mock draft

Updated: July 17, 2003, 8:16 AM ET

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Due to the fortunes of geography, the Cubs -- the team with the 11th-best record in the National League -- can still realistically consider themselves a viable contender for the National League Central title. What has to happen for them to win the division?

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