Just a bit short. I think that should probably be the story of this midweek series in San Francisco. I guess literally the Cubs were more than just a bit short. The cumulative score of the series was 21-8. Not close. But, it so often felt in the series that when the Cubs hit the ball, another foot or two would change the outcome and so often when the Giants hit the ball, a few feet would change the outcome. Cub batted balls found gloves and Giant batted balls found holes.

Doesn’t matter if you care to hear that theory or not. At the end of the day, all that matters it that this Cub team faceplanted just when it looked like they had maybe dusted themselves off. And so, like a broken record, we roll it back. After winning on July 4, the Cubs were 18 over for the first time at 53-35. 46 game

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