A question for Cubs prez Jed Hoyer: What should team's identity be?

Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras, left, reacts as Chicago Cubs’ Dansby Swanson strikes out during the seventh inning of Game 5 of baseball’s National League Division Series Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) ORG XMIT: WIMG130Morry Gash/AP Photos

The Dodgers exist on their own plane — a world apart — in the National League. If we didn’t all agree on that before starting pitchers Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto combined to throw 17 innings and allow one run in Games 1 and 2 of the NL Championship Series, surely we’re nodding our noggins in unison now.

The team on the wrong end of the NLCS thus far — the Brewers — is one of a kind, too. No organization…