The Cubs are 67-51, 16 games over .500 and on a 92-win pace. They have held their lead over the San Francisco Giants for the final playoff spot despite a recent slump. I wanted to do this mostly to highlight this rather good tweet:
#Cubs 1st 11 gms 6-5 2nd 7-4 3rd 5-6 4th 6-5 5th 6-5 6th 6-5 7th 6-5 8th 5-6 9th 5-6 10th 10-1 11th 5-3 (so far) 24-17 final 44 gms is 91-71
— MBDChicago (@MBDChicago) August 20, 2015
Not sure why he chose to use arbitrary 11-game chunks, but I think it helps because an odd number creates a situation where you can’t have a .