It’s amazing how fast the world of sports can change. For nine games and five innings, this Cubs team built up a ton of good will. This team looked like they might even be a few notches better than most of us thought they could be. I was preparing mentally for writing about the excellence of Javier Assad. I actually thought that his excellent start was going to be overshadowed by an offense that just put up eight runs, a mark they’ve reached six times in their last eight games.
Instead, it was the meltdown of the Cubs bullpen that overshadows the start by Assad.