The 2014 Cubs, who started off 13-27 and appeared to be in some ways worse than their predecessors of 2012 and 2013, righted the ship in August when they went 16-14.
That nice little streak ended in September when they lost eight of nine and were outscored 66-22 in that nine-game span.
Returning home to Wrigley Field, they won the first game of a series against the Reds 1-0 on a walkoff homer by Anthony Rizzo, and the next night Jake Arrieta took the mound to face Cincinnati.
Jake had yet to become the Jake!