2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 80

Tim Vizer-Imagn ImagesScore one for numerology. The Cubs win game number 80 by a score of 8-0.

This game feels like the sports equivalent of turning your computer off and back on again. The system rebooted and things rolled back to an earlier boot of this season. I don’t have delusions that this just magically fixes what’s been wrong for this team in recent weeks. But, it sure was nice to break the constant stress of the last few weeks and just have an easy win.

While it most certainly doesn’t flip some switch and make everything great again, it is heartening to see all of the things that put this team on top early. Pitching, defense, offense. They all clicked and contributed. Everyone who…