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It’s called October baseball, something we haven’t seen or been a part of around these parts for a few years.
To call it a drought would be kind of understating it because that doesn’t get to how it actually feels to be a part of this seasonal absence — waiting until next year every year for any of the “Big Six” to give us a reason to embrace just the thought of what postseason/playoff life can be.
And here the Cubs have come to save us. (We think. We want to believe.