You knew it had to happen. That interminable stretch of baseball where the hitters don’t hit, the pitchers tank and injuries come at the worst of times.
When it happens is as predictable as the weather. One just hopes it happens sooner in a season rather than later. No such luck for Chicago Cubs baseball.
With a second consecutive division title in sight and a berth in the NLDS playoffs attached the Cubs suddenly found themselves shifted in reverse. Before last night’s 14-9 win over Cincinnati, the Cubs had lost six in a row and looked like the part of the lovable losers every pitch along the way.
So much for timing.
But hasn’t that been the Chicago Cubs M.O. for the past 100 years and as recent as last year’s NLDS - a glimpse at greatness followed by a quiet ride into the sunset?
And as fans we’re supposed to not worry? Panic is as hard coded into Cubdom’s DNA as failure seems to be in the Chicago Cubs franchise. At least history and logic tells us so.
”I hear it — ‘the city’s panicking,”’ said Derrek Lee, following last night’s win. ”But we don’t feel any of it. We’re just concerned with ourselves in this clubhouse and want to get back on the right track.”
With 20 games left in the season, the Cubs certainly have the opportunity to do so. With the promising news on the health of the Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden the club has reason to believe they can shift the engine into overdrive.
It’s great to know the club is as confident as Lee claims. Now all they have to do is convince Cubdom.
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