The 1998 Cubs were a trip of a team.
They meandered around second place for much of July, but a 14-14 August took them out of contention for the NL Central title, later won by the Astros.
But the team stayed in wild-card contention, back when there was only one of those, and entering a three-game series against the Brewers at Wrigley Field on the second weekend of September, they were tied for that wild-card spot with the Mets at 82-65.
They lost the first game of that set to a mediocre Brewers team 13-11, blowing an early 3-0 lead.