But who knows if Reinsdorf, whose team gets the same per game as the Cubs, would go along?

FORBES: White Sox Owner Has Much To Say About Success Of Cubs

Just as the National League Central is enjoying a resurgence of prominence in 2011 with the Milwaukee Brewers and the St Louis Cardinals facing off in the league championship series, the happy-go-lucky Chicago Cubs just got a lot happier with the addition of ex-Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein.

FORBES: Tom Ricketts Makes a Necessary Splash in Wrigleyville as Theo Epstein Joins the Chicago Cubs

Even though the Pirates lost their home opener to the Chicago Cubs on Monday, there's still 161 regular-season games to go.

WSJ: MLB: Even the Pittsburgh Pirates Have a Shot at the Playoffs

The 24-year-old right-hander won his fifth straight decision, allowing five hits in 7 1-3 innings and singling in the go-ahead run in the seventh to lead the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Friday.

WSJ: Harvey improves to 5-0, leads Mets over Cubs 3-2

"People go there for years and don't even see a leopard and they saw two leopard cubs in one day, " he says.

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