A few of the trends that I have been seeing from this year's Cubs team is the occasional inability to score when having runners in scoring position and also the bullpen screwing up winnable games.
Well it all came down on Monday night where the Cubs had multiple runners on base throughout the game and couldn't push them across (not completely as the Cubs did score 4 runs in the game but have score much, much more).
Plus the Cubs bullpen gave up 1 run in the ninth to allow the Phils to tie the game and 1 run in the 10th for them to win it.
It is not every game that the Cubs' Achilles heels will all be on display and the Cubs still have a positive won/lost record in 1 run games but the reasons the Cubs lost last night are the reasons they have lost throughout the season. The offense will be fine but Theo/Maddon/et. al need to get it together in the bullpen somehow. Calling up Maples from AAA, trading for arms, whatever it takes but the Cubs won't last in September or the postseason with this current state of affairs.
Cubs Games Watched: 9.5
Cubs Games Listened To: 26
Couldn't Do It: 9.5
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