The way the last four games played out at Wrigley Field between the National League East-leading Phillies and the NL Central-leading Cubs, is it too early to dream on October?
Of course, it is. It’s May.
But even players got a sense of fall chill in the air during the most tense week of baseball the Cubs have played so far this season in a series the Cubs and Phillies split that included an extra-inning Phillies win, a walk-off Cubs win, a three-homer comeback by the Cubs and, on Thursday, a 9-7 Phillies victory that ended with the potential tying run on second base.