The last few years, the Cardinals have only been as good as Chris Carpenter, who is hurt once again. The Cardinals seem to have the philosophy that if you're always good then once in a while you'll get lucky and win it all, but that idea usually needs an ace starter to go with it. I hope Carpenter gets healthy for his own sake. Living in Missouri, one learns to respect the Cardinals, but personally I'd rather see the Cubs win the World Series just to get the monkey off their back. It would be good for baseball, and maybe even have larger overtones than that. Can't a person see the Cubs win the World Series once in their lifetime?