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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1512531" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>I was just looking back at the schedule from last year. It's easy to forget that on September 16, the Cubs were 14 games above .500, 2 games out of first, a half game behind the Nats for the first wild card spot, and had a 1 game lead over the Brewers for the last wild card spot. 12 games left, 7 against the Cardinals. </p><p></p><p>They had total control of their own playoff destiny and they completely pooped the bed.</p><p></p><p>They lost their next 9 in a row in possibly the most bizarre way imaginable. 7 of the 9 were by 1 or 2 runs, 5 losses in a row were by 1 run, 2 of them in extra-innings. During the 9-game streak, they batted .172 with runners in scoring position. They hit .264 with RISP the rest of the season, a couple points higher than League average. It's very easy to think that if they'd just hit their season average with RISP, they would have won 5 of those games. </p><p></p><p>What was that? A fluke? A mentally weak team coming up small when the season was on the line? In 2018, when the offense went into extended hibernation, you could draw a defined line from the crazy weather-induced gauntlet of a schedule to the drop in offensive production. They were a visibly exhausted team at the end of the season. Can't do any such thing for 2019. They just suddenly stopped getting hits with runners on base. </p><p></p><p>It should be noted that during the Cubs' losing streak, Milwaukee was on the second half of an even more bizarre 18-2 stretch, without which they never catch the Cubs. There was also Washington's 10-1 stretch to end the season and the Cardinal's 12-2 run in July and 18-4 run in August. It was a really weird year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1512531, member: 26283"] I was just looking back at the schedule from last year. It's easy to forget that on September 16, the Cubs were 14 games above .500, 2 games out of first, a half game behind the Nats for the first wild card spot, and had a 1 game lead over the Brewers for the last wild card spot. 12 games left, 7 against the Cardinals. They had total control of their own playoff destiny and they completely pooped the bed. They lost their next 9 in a row in possibly the most bizarre way imaginable. 7 of the 9 were by 1 or 2 runs, 5 losses in a row were by 1 run, 2 of them in extra-innings. During the 9-game streak, they batted .172 with runners in scoring position. They hit .264 with RISP the rest of the season, a couple points higher than League average. It's very easy to think that if they'd just hit their season average with RISP, they would have won 5 of those games. What was that? A fluke? A mentally weak team coming up small when the season was on the line? In 2018, when the offense went into extended hibernation, you could draw a defined line from the crazy weather-induced gauntlet of a schedule to the drop in offensive production. They were a visibly exhausted team at the end of the season. Can't do any such thing for 2019. They just suddenly stopped getting hits with runners on base. It should be noted that during the Cubs' losing streak, Milwaukee was on the second half of an even more bizarre 18-2 stretch, without which they never catch the Cubs. There was also Washington's 10-1 stretch to end the season and the Cardinal's 12-2 run in July and 18-4 run in August. It was a really weird year. [/QUOTE]
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