Once again, in honor of and with respect for the late Nick Cafardo…
With a 7-1 record to kick off the second half and a chance to sweep the Padres today, the Cubs are playing savage-like baseball since the All-Star break. In five seasons under the leadership of Joe Maddon, the North Siders have won 196 of 300 games after each season’s Midsummer Classic. That’s a gaudy .653 mark and equates to a 105-win season.
The team is still not without its faults, as yesterday’s sloppily-played game indicates.