The way manager David Ross sees it, the Cubs are kind of hanging in there.
“I don’t feel like we’re playing bad baseball,” he said. “It’s just, you know, not the best execution right at the end.”
That’s one way to characterize a nine-game losing streak. Here’s another: Where did we put that box of white flags again?
The end is near, folks. The final curtain. And even if it’s not, it sure seems like it is. The July 30 trade deadline looms extra-large. The Cubs couldn’t play any worse if their nine players on the field lined up side-by-side and spelled “S-U-R-R-E-N-D-E-R” with their bodies.