The Cubs are a hard watch right now. There’s no sugarcoating that, though Joe Maddon is doing his best to weather the storm with a brave face. This is a different climate on the North Side, one we haven’t seen in a long time. Even in the early years of the Epstein-Hoyer regime, while the Cubs were playing long stretches of atrocious baseball, there was always the hope that steps were being taken to make them a perennial winner. But now it seems like there’s just no hope. When was the last time you said that about a Cubs team?
The Rundown: Another Lifeless Loss, Changes Seem Necessary, Cubs Among Baseball’s Most Hated Teams
