I want to apologize if this is in the wrong thread, but it seems like it could work for this one, so here it goes... As Olliegjw stated before, St.Louis has a very difficult road ahead as they have yet to play some pretty difficult teams, so I'm not as worried about them as I am with the Cubs. I think a major determining factor of this season will come during July 24th through August 11th. The cubs essentially play 17 straight home games. Starting July 24th, they play 4 at home against Fl, then 4 at Milwaukee (which is pretty much a home game since they only have to travel 1 hour). Then they play 3 at home against Pitt, 3 at home vs. Houston and then 3 at home vs SL. This scares the B-Jesus out of me. The Crew on the other hand start a series at home vs Houston on the 25th and 4 at home vs. Chicago. We then go to HotLanta for 3 and then at Cincy for 3 ending with 4 against Washington at home. Seeing how amazing the scrubs are playing at home, that's 17 games that they could eventually start running away with the division. I think the teams that we play during that timespan are beatable, but I favor Chicago during that stretch. September's schedule favors the Crew, so it will still come down to the wire.