Cub Tracks’ end of an era?

SI Model Chase throws out the first pitch.Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Dave’s probably here. Thanks for coming.

I know it’s only Cubs-adjacent, but... to nobody’s surprise, SI is laying off most or all of its personnel. It gives me the feels. Definitely mixed emotions. I grew up with the magazine, subbed for many years. But its recent reliance on A.I. to disseminate a tawdry brand of content made this move inevitable, given the benefit of hindsight.

Sports…