PITTSBURGH — The sky is falling on Cubdom. All hope is lost. Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em.
It’s been real, people.
I can’t be the only who heard president of baseball operations Theo Epstein’s appearance Wednesday on the team’s flagship radio station, 670-AM, and had what was left of his or her hopes of a Cubs return to the World Series in 2019 disappear into the summer mist. Or, in my case, here at PNC Park, sink like a stone to the bottom of the Allegheny.
It’s one thing to know the Cubs can’t hit, can’t stop falling behind early, can’t rally, can’t win on the road, can’t win a series — can’t do this thing called playing baseball well at all.