Never As Bad As Reported: Chicago Cubs without Aramis Ramirez

So as we get set to welcome Aramis Ramirez back into the Cubs' lineup today, we are sitting just 2.5 games back of the St Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.

If you were reading the opinions of Cubs fans just over a week ago, you would think that we were 10 games back and there was no twilight, let alone sunlight, at the end of the tunnel.

So as we are ready to welcome back the most clutch hitter on the team, we can safely say that all was not as bad as it seemed.

Sure there were times when even the most optimistic of fans felt down, and asked the question, will we be on the stage when the curtain comes down on the 2009 MLB season.

It hasn't been easy; Soriano has struggled, Bradley has struggled, Fontenot has ...

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