Those Chicago Cubs, the Cardinals' archrivals, have stormed to the best record in baseball and, at the time of this recording, a 10 1/2-game lead in the National League Central. Is this the new norm for the Cubs -- or are there speed traps ahead that will slow their runaway summer? With the sounds of Wrigley Field all around them, BPIB co-host Derrick Goold and Chicago Sun-Times baseball writer Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) discuss how Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer tore it all down before breaking through. The Wait 'Till Next Year team is now a club that intends to contend like this every year. But it's not the given that everyone thinks. The latest Best Podcast in Baseball short explores.