“Time isn’t holding up, time isn’t after us. Same as it ever was…same as it ever was.” – Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime
We have entered the final week of the 2024 regular season and the Cubs have been officially eliminated, making the window of sustained success promised a decade ago by Chicago’s front office seem like folly today. Chicago’s North Side Baseballers are nine games behind the Brewers but it may as well be 50. Milwaukee is going to the playoffs for the fourth time in six years, while the Cubs are on the outside looking in for the fourth consecutive season.