Each of us reached a point somewhere along the way where we wrote off this Cubs team. For me, it was so long ago that I actually had to turn things around in August after they’d made an exceptionally large bounce and push back into the periphery of the playoff picture. Remarkably, this team became a contender briefly. Then they were swept in Cleveland and after that, played just well enough to be a blip on the radar, but never really cut back into the deficit.
On Saturday afternoon though, the clock officially struck midnight. Poor play made this season a wait for next year way too soon.