If we’re being honest with ourselves, I think everyone among us was at least a little bit concerned when the Cubs started 1-6. I mean, it’s really hard to watch your team lose six straight games and not be at least a little nervous. Two or three games in a row? Every team experiences that multiple times every year. Four or five? Eh, that starts to get a little unusual. But six or more? You are talking about the kind of losing streak that a good team usually goes years without having.
If you are reading this and your thought is “it’s great that they are 10-4 since that start and just beat the team with the National League’s best record, but I’m still not convinced this team is a juggernaut,” I get that.