2018 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 145

Over the last 10 days, the Cubs played the Brewers six times. The Brewers have played like a team with its back against the wall. Which is fair, they were a team with its back against the wall. They did what they had to do. The Cubs on the other hand played like a tired team. Which is fair, because they are a tired team. It isn’t just 23 days at the ballpark. I don’t watch any American League games, so I will be careful with talking about something I don’t actually know, but it sure seems like a bunch of teams in the AL started mailing it in months ago. In the National League, almost all of the teams are still playing very hard when they can be spoilers. I can’t even really remember the last time when it seemed like the other team just mailed it in. Maybe the second game in Detroit three weeks ago. But they’d just beaten the Cubs the day before even then. So the Cubs have had to scratch and claw for everything.

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