“Go it alone, honey. Rome wasn’t built in a day. But now it’s a ruin, the joke has worn thin and it isn’t cool to abuse the ability to swing.” – Thomas Dolby, The Ability to Swing
The Cubs have reached a point in the season where each win or loss is appreciably amplified in the team’s attempt to secure a Wild Card berth, one that seems nearly as impossible as winning the NL Central. Chicago is just one-half game behind the Cardinals and Reds for second place but has fallen to 5.