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Quantifying Hope: Craig Counsell’s Steaming Pile of Pony Loaf Stumbles to 26% Playoff Odds

Related Topics: Craig Counsell, Patrick Wisdom

The good news is that there are still 93 games left in the regular season. That’s also the bad news for a Cubs team that can’t seem to do anything right for more than a game at a time. Craig Counsell has resorted to a Boise State-ish level of trickeration, bunting on three consecutive pitches Thursday night to produce his team’s only runs in a game they went on to lose by — what else? — one run.

David Ross must have been doing the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme when he saw Patrick Wisdom lay one down, awkward as it was.