The Pirates' Jack Suwinski, right, a Chicago native, crosses home plate to score the game-winning run as Cubs catcher Carson Kelly watches Friday at Wrigley Field. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) AP

Hanging precariously onto a wild-card slot within baseball’s sorting system, the Cubs may not yet be dismissed entirely; whereas, of course, the White Sox were never included.

Lamenting the Cubs and bemoaning the White Sox, each of them original, all-natural, fiber-rich digestives, is a columnist’s gift, and gratitude is offered sincerely if redundantly.

I am mindful of a question I once asked Don Zimmer when things were going badly. “Does this seem like déjà vu all over again?” “Nah,” Zim said, “I’ve seen this before.”

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