“Hey…If we can solve any problem, then why do we lose so many tears?” – Paul Young, Every Time You Go Away
The calendar turns to September this week and it’s really starting to feel like we are accelerating toward autumn. We’ve anticipated the return of October for 10 straight seasons, though the last two have been for all the wrong reasons. The Cubs haven’t been to the playoffs since the Marlins swept them in two games at Wrigley Field after the COVID-shortened season in 2020. There will be no postseason this year, but hope is on the horizon according to Jed Hoyer.