It was once impossible to imagine the Cubs without their enviable and intentional sense of community and chemistry. But we don’t have to imagine any longer, because it has become our reality. At some point over the last 18 months, give or take a few months, the Cubs’ organizational chemistry changed.
During spring training in 2018, Joe Maddon lauded “the way that the guys interacted,” talking about how they hung out away from the diamond bonding over more than just baseball. With a few games remaining in the 2019 season, though, it sounds as though the manager no longer believes his guys are interacting on a substantive basis.