2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54

I’ve written about more than a thousand Cubs games in my years doing this. Never before has this felt more like Groundhog Day. For 23 games, this team overachieved. They caught a lot of breaks and came through in what felt like every big situation. It felt like every single day I was writing that we should soak it all in because the worm would turn, so to speak. Now they’ve lost 13 of 15, including nine straight. Now I’m writing every day that it isn’t as bad as all of this feels. The big differ