Before Marvel popularized Hydra as a political terror organization, the name belonged to a mythical beast slain by Heracles in the second of his 12 labors. Though playing the Cardinals conjures images of the former evil group, it’s the latter with which we’ll concern ourselves for now. If you recall, the water monster had not only poisonous breath and blood, but multiple heads filled with venomous fangs. What’s more, each time one of the Hydra’s heads was chopped off, two more would regenerate in its place.
Come to think of it, that still sounds like the Cardinals.
But if you strip away the virulent, noxious qualities, this year’s Cubs team was starting to look sort of like a mythical beast too.