2018 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 126

The Cubs bats kept it in gear for a second straight day. For the Daniel Murphy acquisition to mean as much as the Cole Hamels acquisition, this sort of thing would have to continue pretty much throughout the rest of the regular season. From what I saw around social media and here on Bleed Cubbie Blue, I was one of the optimistic people when the Cubs acquired Cole Hamels. And my optimism stretched all of the way to “he can give us five or six innings every time out and maybe have an occasional flashback to the good ol’ days start.”

This is to say that there were of course some people like me who understood that Hamels was likely to be an upgrade to a pitching staff who some had dreamed would…