Games like this are why managers like Lou Piniella tolerate postgame media sessions for barely a minute, why veteran players don't talk much about division leads in August and why nobody from Chicago older than a Chinese gymnast should take the Cubs' coronation for granted.
Even when the best and hottest team in the National League is playing a roster-gutted last-place team at home. Had the Brewers lost on Wednesday, the Cubs would have had a chance to open the franchise's biggest division lead since 1984.
''I wasn't aware of that,'' Cubs manager Lou Piniella said before Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. ''And I really don't care.''
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