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Cub Tracks rides the gravy train home

WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor.

The prevailing narrative, fueled by colossal expectations of playoff glory, has it that the Cubs are coming apart at the seams. This despite an 11-7 record and meatloafing into a positive road-trip record.

They could be much better, these Cubs.