To achieve that goal, first you have to secure a playoff berth so that's your focus until that is attained. Once attained your focus becomes winning the first playoff series... The "goal," of course, is to win the World Series. Robin Yount made that clear numerous times. I like the use of the term, "focus," though. That can be different than the "goal," depending on circumstances, and it probably would have been the preferable term for the thread title. I think bork makes an interesting point. With six of the final twelve games being against the Cubs, focusing on not losing out on the Wild Card slot and focusing on winning the division could turn out to be one in the same.