Tick... tock... tick... tock...
If you still have a clock that makes sounds like that, that’s the sound of it counting down the 14 days that remain till MLB’s trade deadline.
Sadly, that’s about all we’ve got left to look forward to after another dispiriting Cubs defeat, 7-5 to the Nationals, on a beautiful evening at Wrigley Field. The latter deserves mention because the weather this summer has, in general, been awful — either smoky, or humid, or rainy, or all of the above.
Ahem. Back to the game.
Three batters in, Drew Smyly and the Cubs trailed 2-0 after a hit batter and a home run by Jeimer Candelario, and you might remember I wrote a few weeks ago that the Cubs should trade for him.