Things That Told Us what we wanted to hear!	Signs and Portents of the 2008 Cub Steamroller!	Things That Affirmed what we already knew!
Portent #9 if your team wins 9 straight series. . . it's a good sign!	SUMMER HEAT! Cubs win 9 series in a row! Sweep Milwaukee in 4 at end of July. . . Take two of three from Pirates, Astros, Cards . . . Plus a three-game sweep in Atlanta! . . . Then two of three from Fish, Reds, Nats! . . . Finish by sweeping Pirates in three in the Burg! . . . Stretch one-game lead to five-and-a-half! Do the math! That's 22 wins, 6 losses!	MORE PORTENTS 1 Cubs Still For Sale          2 Playing Field Re-make    3 Free Agent Fukudome    4 Ernie Banks Statue         5 Sports Illustrated Cover 6 Timely Acquisitions        7 Dempster and Wood      8 Sweeping Up the Sox     9 Nine Straight Series        10 Zambrano No-hitter
DID YOU KNOW . . .	That the Cubs had forty-five come-from-behind wins in 2008? Eight of those wins came during the nine     consecutive series streak. That the first Cub team to win a World Championship started the 1907 season by winning its first ten series?     They compiled a 25-6 mark while facing every team in the league, and swept the Cardinals twice.
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