Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social
The Cubs went 2-4 over the six games since the last installment of this series. Things seemed to go south after the extra-inning collapse against the Giants last Tuesday. Let’s hope that is not a sign of things to come.
The good news, hopefully, is that the Cubs now enter a stretch of 21 games that are all against teams currently under .500. The combined record of those teams (Marlins, White Sox, Reds, Rockies and Nationals) is 71-132, a .