The Crosstown Slowdown?
The Dread Line Series?
The Windy Pity?
We blinked, and the regular-season-ending weekend set between the Cubs and White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field lost much of its electricity, its pizzazz, its mojo. It should have been a celebration of two good teams as they rollicked and rolled to the playoffs, which begin Tuesday. Instead, it’s two teams lying in crumpled heaps after falling through trap doors in the floor.
The postseason still beckons for the Cubs and the Sox, whether or not either team is ready for it. It’s still the first time since 2008 that both the city’s teams are playoff bound, which probably means we should all be savoring this.