CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs have the best defense in baseball. It might be the best team defense weve seen in some time -- quite some time.Historically, so much of defensive evaluation has been anecdotal and, therefore, inconclusive. Even now, with rivers of data flowing into our collective hardball consciousness, we havent reached the point where we can make specific judgments about defense with any real certainty. Still, I am more or less certain that the Cubs are playing unusually special defense.Just through a natural progression, maturity-wise, some guys have just gotten better, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. Because theyre good. Were making the routine play routinely. Weve made some pretty spectacular plays all over the field.The anecdotal evidence of those is all over the place, and the evidence mounts with each game. The Cubs have young, elite, versatile athletes everywhere on the field, even behind the plate, now that rookie Willson Contreras is getting more of a workload. They can run, they have excellent instincts and terrific technique, and they are usually well-positioned by the Cubs coaching staff. They make plays both routine and spectacular. Vapormax 2019 Donna . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Vapormax Flyknit 3 Uomo . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. http://www.scarpevapormaxscontate.it/ . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player. Vapormax 97 Silver . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. Vapormax Plus Rosa . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. Great Britain captain Leon Smith is eyeing up a second successive Davis Cup final after victory over Serbia.With Andy Murray in an observer capacity in Belgrade, Kyle Edmund was Britains hero as the 21-year-old won both his singles rubbers to earn the defending champions a 3-2 victory at the Tasmajdan Stadium.Next up is a home tie against Argentina in Sept. where, with Murray having already said he is planning to take part, Britain would be favourites to advance to the final for the second successive year.Novembers victory over Belgium earned Britain a first Davis Cup title since 1936 and a repeat now looks a distinct possibility.Captain Smith, whose impressive record improved to 14 wins from 16 matches, said: We absolutely love Davis Cup, theyre amazing weekends. We love our home ties, we have so much fun together as a team.The journey keeps going and were enjoying it as much as the first tie we had as a team together, and we just want to keep going.A venue for the semifinal will be announced in due course, but it is likely to be Glasgow.Scotland has not staged a tie yet this season while Murray is hosting a charity event at the Hydro only three days after the tie on Sept. 16-18.Argentina defeated Italy to book their place in the last four, with a key factor being the return to their team of former U.S. Open champion Juan MMartin del Potro, who was sidelined for two years by wrist problems.ddddddddddddBut their highest-ranked player is Federico Delbonis at 43 and, with Edmund having proved his ability to win key rubbers at World Group level and Britain boasting a superb record in doubles, there are little weaknesses in Great Britains armour.Del Potro coming back obviously is big for them, said Smith. Its going to be difficult but we are also a very good team.At 21, Great Britains Edmund is one of the leading young players in the world and showed great maturity in taking the No.1 role in Davis Cup for the first time in only his second tie.The Yorkshireman did not drop a set in two matches and dominated with his heavy forehand.There is no rest for Edmund, who heads to Toronto on Tuesday to play in qualifying for the Rogers Cup -- which Murray looks set to miss -- before making his Olympic debut in Rio.These matches give you confidence, Edmund said. Ive known that Ive been improving [but] at the same time, there will be stuff that I feel I could have done better [against Serbia]. You are always trying to find that extra one or two per cent to make you better. It never stops. People dont stop working. I certainly dont. ' ' '