What if I told you that, only 20 games into the 2015 season, the Cubs have already spent more time* at or above the .500 mark than they had in all of the previous 5 seasons COMBINED. True story. That’s either a testament to their improvement or a sad indictment of just how abysmal North Side baseball has been in the second decade of the 21st century.
After finishing the 2009 season with a winning record of 83-78, things took a decided turn for the worse. The Cubs never made it over the break-even mark in 2010 and spent only 4 days even treading water, though they never saw .