Oh, how I’ve missed these late West Coast starts. And by that I mean it’d be preferable to undergo another gum graft than toil through another string of games that could bleed into the following day. That’s especially true for those of us on Eastern time. The Cubs will mercifully return home in a week for a string of afternoon affairs, but we’ll all have to stave off the Sandman in the meantime.
This will be the Cubs’ second series against the Dodgers, which will be followed by their second series against the Padres, which will be followed by their second series against the Diamondbacks, which will be followed by their third series against the Dodgers.