With a 5-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers today, the Cubs hit the .500 mark (their record for now is 39-39) for the first time since the beginning of the season. Now seven games deep into winning streak, this game also inched them one step closer to the division leading Brewers. I mention this because, like so many fans who believe that a winning Cubs record is tied to planetary alignments and visits from Haley's Comet, a .500 record is something to crow about.