The transition from a pandemic-shortened 2020 season to the full schedule this year has been difficult for players and organizations in general, but it’s also created cognitive dissonance for fans. And that’s taking into account the strong tendency toward knee-jerkery among that latter group. When the Cubs came out of the gate cold, it was an indictment of manager David Ross that had people calling for Jed Hoyer to post a garage sale sign at 1060 W. Addison.
What Ross and the Cubs have done over the last few weeks, however, is giving pessimistic observers from Winnetka to Warsaw — even those without access to Marquee Sports Network — reason to rethink their opinions.