Mike Nadel: If Z wakes up, Cubs have pitching to win

The question is: "How?" The answer is: "Pitching." Even in the parallel baseball universe known as Cubbieland, pitching is the answer to most of the sport's results-related questions.

Out-of-town writers come into Chicago asking how the Cubs magically turned around their season. National TV types, armed with video of Lou Piniella going postal on an umpire, suggest that the manager "willed" the Cubs to victory. Many fans argue that the major impetus was Carlos Zambrano using Michael Barrett's face as a pinata.