The Chicago Cubs should have some extra motivation for 2026 after Milwaukee Brewers reliever Trevor Megill brought an “L” flag to his team’s postgame picture following Saturday’s National League Division Series-clinching win at American Family Field.

It was one last way to taunt the Cubs — the Brewers’ archrivals in the NL Central and Megill’s former team — and they took advantage of the opportunity when a fan handed the flag to Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers. Imagine the Cubs taking a team photo with players stepping on the head of one of the Racing Sausages had they won Game 5.

All is fair in love and war.

In truth, the returning members of the 2025 Cubs won’t need any motivation in ’26 when they face the Brewers, who continued their World Series quest Monday in Game 1 of the NL

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