Joe Maddon drove by The Cubby Bear on Monday morning and noticed a gray sky that reminded him of the day he entertained everyone with that shot-and-a-beer press conference.
Maddon talked playoffs and the World Series during his first media session as Cubs manager last November, taking over a team that had finished in fifth place for five years in a row and hasn’t won a championship since 1908.
Maddon could have bought rounds all night at the bar opposite the Wrigley Field marquee. It still would have sounded crazy, the Cubs piling up 97 wins, winning the National League wild-card game and getting the St.