Cubs: Patience has an expiration date even if losing does not

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Last week I wrote as the Chicago Cubs struggled to a 4-3 start that fans needed to take a chill pill. But like every other medication, chill pills have a date they expire.

The question for fans as we head toward two weeks into the season at 5-7 is when is that expiration date? Let’s put some perspective on this before we answer that question.

Remember those 6-1 Cincinnati Reds? They’ve gone 2-4 since last Saturday and are now 8-5. The Brewers were 3-4 until they ran into St. Louis and the Cubs and have gone 4-2 since that subpar start. Such are the vagaries of early-season baseball.

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