David Haugh: As Cardinals come to town, have Cubs and Joe Maddon earned back your trust?

CHICAGO - If momentum in baseball is tomorrow's starting pitcher, trust is the closer - strong and powerful until it suddenly isn't, the element every championship team needs, not fully appreciated until it's gone.

The Cubs possess an abundance of trust this year, their supply more plentiful than pitching, which more than anything explains why players inside the clubhouse remain insulated from the anxiety so easy to find outside it.

There was team leader Anthony Rizzo the other day gently chiding reporters at his locker by reminding them the Cubs still