A hot May had everyone thinking the Cubs would be buying at the deadline, quite the departure from the direction that had been clearly signaled by the panic trade of Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini. Then came a halting June that has bled into July with more consecutive losses than backup catchers the Cubs have had to employ this season.
The losses are piling up so quickly, it’s hard to keep track. Hey, Billy Bob, can I get a couple hands as a reminder?
Maybe it’s all just some sort of collective performance art to honor Ron Santo, like a flash mob of futility in which the goal is to anger rather than entertain.