Cubs' sweep of Orioles shows how good they can be

The Cubs outscored the AL East-leading Orioles by a 21-2 margin while sweeping them in Baltimore.

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00:00The Cubs, though, I mean, by a mile, the best series we've seen them play.

00:06By a mile.

00:07Extraordinary.

00:08The starting pitching, we talked about it before the series began, how they really set

00:13it up well.

00:14Wow.

00:15They're really set up with the starting pitching.

00:16And then I believe, was it Jim Bowden on Monday that said if they get in the playoffs, that

00:21starting pitching?

00:22He did.

00:23I was thinking of that as I watched one, two, three great starting effort.

00:28They shut out the best team in baseball twice with their starting pitch.

00:3321 to 2, I think they outscored the Orioles in three games.

00:36It was dominant.

00:37It's the kind of series that you can use and point to as, this is how good you can be.

00:43This is what happens when you play up to your level of competition.

00:46Don't play down to it.

00:48And you rise, you just focus and you play good baseball and you let your offense carry

00:56you.

00:57And you're going to be pretty good for short stretches.

00:59Now we're going to get carried away.

01:01Certainly.

01:02It's only one series, but it came against the best team in the American league.

01:05And they're also, that's the best offense.

01:08I mean, it's extraordinary that they play that well against the team that has just been

01:13scoring bunches of runs all year.

01:16I don't think in my wildest dreams, I thought they would go into Baltimore and get a sweep.

01:23That was even in my most optimistic hopes, I would have thought two out of three.

01:30I doubt that in their wildest dreams, they thought they would sweep and do so as decisively

01:36and dominantly as, as they did, because that was a statement.

01:43And I think that was a statement that maybe they aren't done yet and they're, they still

01:48have a long way to go.

01:50But with the wild card in play, I think that they go into St. Louis with some momentum

01:55and a lot of belief.