Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats: 2003, part 12

Troy O’LearyThe first six games of the trip for the Cubs were probably a little underwhelming. 3-3 on the road can never be viewed as a total failure, but neither the Orioles nor the Blue Jays were any good in 2003 and so what had been a pretty decent road team was probably hopeful of winning at least four of those games. Alas, that’s not the way the ball bounced. After winning the first two in Baltimore, a couple of clunkers followed, then a win. But then, the Blue Jays walked off with a close win in the final game there.

So it was on to Cincinnati to face a Reds team that was still very much alive in the National League Central race on June 16. The bottom would eventually drop out for…