On Deck: NL Central Baseball, It's Fantastic!

Published: August 16, 2007, 9:42 am

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Filed under: Yankees, Tigers, Cubs, Reds, Brewers, CardinalsOn Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchupsMilwaukee Brewers (62-58) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (57-60)-2:05PM Est.Do teams feel as though there's some sort of curse that goes along with winning the NL Central or something? Doesn't anybody want to go to the playoffs, or are there vacations planned that just cannot be broken? I mean, winning the division last season seemed to work out pretty well for the Cardinals. Sure, they only won 83 games during the regular season, but the slate's wiped clean in the postseason. Now the Cardinals find themselves three games under .500, yet at the moment they're the odds on favorite to win the division! A win today against the Brewers and they will have completed a three-game sweep of the division "leaders" to pull within 2.5 games of first place. Dave Bush will be responsible for trying to slow down the streaking Cardinals, and though he'll still have

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