Monday and Tuesday this week, the Cubs lost a pair of games as this recent slump extends. The two games were very different but the results were the same. Monday was a maddening game. I actually thought the Cubs looked a little bit better of the two teams in that one, but every one of the close plays seemed to go the wrong way. An inch here or a foot there completely would have changed the outcome of that one. The obvious one there was Dansby Swanson missing first base. That one completely changes the game. Such a shame for him, because he busted his butt getting down the line and would have been responsible for driving in three runs, possibly in a 3-2 victory.

Tuesday was different, though. The Cubs looked fairly outclassed in that one. That’s distressing to see. They just couldn’t get a

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