The Cubs just finished their longest homestand of the year in ten games and boy did they make the most of it. In fact they looked like world beaters winning eight of the ten games. It’s the best homestand the Cubs have had in over thirty years.

After sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Cubs went on to take three of four from the San Diego Padres, including beating one of the top pitchers in the league in Jake Peavy and an old friend in Greg Maddux in back to back days. And to finish up the long homestand they took two out of three from the rival Pirates.

Alfonso Soriano who had been struggling ever since coming of the disabled list really made himself at home this past week. Not only did he raised his batting average over .100 points, but he also lead a game off with a home run three times on his way to seven for the week. He also became only the second leadoff hitter in the last forty years to have consecutive multi home run games. For the incredible week he was awarded the prestigious National League player of the week.

Hopefully the Cubs can keep up their torrid ways and extend their division lead. The lovable losers now hit the road for a week and play the upstart Houston Astros before they visit a Pittsburgh team looking for a little revenge. From there they come home to face the new look Dodgers led by Joe Torre.