ATLANTA – Maybe it’s the recent begin the Cubs want. Maybe it’s going from the sweatbox into the inferno. But after speaking since December about how a lot harder the National League Central received since final yr, the stand-pat Cubs are about to search out out simply how a lot harder once they open a three-game collection Friday towards the defending-champion Brewers. They go in stumbling, having misplaced the primary two collection to open the season, with issues like bullpens, fielding and strike throwing abruptly rising on the checklist of each day priorities – if not each day affirmations.The Cubs hope to boost Cain -- if not their victory whole -- throughout this weekend's collection in Milwaukee.