Cubs fans in St. Louis

Cubs fans let the “W” flags fly at Busch Stadium.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs fans look extremely happy — with good reason — at an early season game against the Cardinals in St. Louis.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs fans Araceli Perez, and her son Victor, 9, who are from Olive Branch, Miss., before the start of a May Cubs-Cardinals game in St. Louis.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Addison York, lleft, 6, and her sister, Mariah, 11, of Iowa, wait for the gates to open at Busch Stadium.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs fans descend on Busch Stadium for a game against the Cardinals in May.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs fans wait for the gates to open at Busch Stadium.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Fans in red and blue line up to get into Busch Stadium to watch one of baseball’s great rivalries.   (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Mississippi residents Pedro and Araceli Perez with their son Victor, 9, sport the popular T-shirts “Try not to suck,” which became a catchphrase for the Cubs after manager Joe Maddon shared that sage advice with a player late last season.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs fans wait to get into Busch Stadium before an early season game against the Cardinals.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Young fans pose for a photo before a Cubs-Cards game in May.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

A boy tries to catch a ball during a game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in May.   (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Cubs fans in the outfield at Busch Stadium.   (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Busch Stadium is a lovelier ballpark than most, with barely a bad seat in the house.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

A young family from southern Illinois cheers on the Cubs at Busch Stadium.   (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Jason Kridner and his girlfriend, Arrie Boden, of Kansas, arrive at Busch Stadium to cheer on the Cubs.   (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs and Cards fans come together for an early season ballgame in St. Louis.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Mitch Hurliman, from left, Chad Degenhart, James Anderson and Bill Hippert traveled from southern Illinois to St. Louis to cheer on the Cubs.   (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)

Cubs fans are getting a taste of what it feels like to win, and a lot of nice Cardinals fans seem to get it.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)