It’s September 1, and thus we have 30 days remaining in the 2018 regular season.
While the term “pennant race” is a bit outdated — we’re talking about a “division title race” here — it still brings up memories of down-the-stretch baseball, meaningful baseball in September, something we as Cubs fans went without many years in the past. This is better and more fun.
Here are the remaining schedules for the Cubs, Cardinals and Brewers, in chronological order, beginning with Saturday’s games. Home games in boldface.
Cubs: 28 games remaining (13 home, 15 road)
at Phillies (2), at Brewers (3), at Nationals (4), Brewers (3), Reds (3), at Diamondbacks (3), at White Sox (3), Pirates (4), Cardinals (3)
Cardinals: 27 games remaining (15 home, 12 road)
Reds (2), at Nationals (3), at Tigers (3), Pirates (3), Dodgers (4), at Braves (3), Giants (3), Brewers (3), at Cubs (3)
Brewers: 26 games remaining (15 home, 11 road)
at Nationals (2), Cubs (3), Giants (3), at Cubs (3), Pirates (3), Reds (3), at Pirates (3), at Cardinals (3), Tigers (3)
The first thing you’ll notice is how little these teams play each other.