WASHINGTON -- The schedule was supposed to do the Chicago Cubs some favors down the stretch but now it could help derail their division title hopes after a historically bad weekend of weather in the nation's capital.
"This is a first (for him) with this intensity throughout the entire weekend, especially at this time of the year," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said before Sunday's game with the Nationals was postponed. "Normally, by this time, the weather seems to straighten out. That fall weather becomes a little bit more stable."
It was anything but stable this weekend as the two teams were postponed on Friday, after a lengthy delay, only to be delayed before and during a doubleheader on Saturday.