Decades from now, when historians write the story of the Theo Epstein-era Cubs, when they rose to power and victory and when they fell away, having to be retooled, those historians will likely cite this game, this disastrous, horrendous, terrible, awful, ghastly 3-2 loss to the Pirates Friday evening, as the beginning of the end.
As fans, all of us go through various emotions during a Cubs game, or in reaction to the result. Among those emotions: Elation, joy, frustration, disappointment, surprise, disgust, sadness.
This one just made me angry.
If all those words sound familiar, they should, because except for the score of the game and the opponent, I just copied and pasted them from the recap of Thursday night’s game against the Phillies, because everything felt like.