Quantifying Hope: New ‘Teddy Cub’ T-Shirts Support Shriners Hospitals

This column is typically reserved for notes on the Cubs’ playoff odds, whether according to computer simulation or Vegas estimates, but such content is sort of irrelevant at this point. And since we just ran something on the Cubs’ strength of schedule in a shortened season, I had to go in a different direction entirely. Given the topic, I’m glad I did.

As many frequent readers probably know already, my daughter, Addison, recently spent several weeks as an inpatient at Shriners Hospital for Children in St. Louis. She was born with a severe case of scoliosis that had progressed to the point that she needed surgery to alleviate constant pain, decreased lung capacity, and chronic…