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NL Central · 2026 season · Lost 2-0 to SDP

The story so far

Lost 2-0 to SDP

Cubs fans spent September fretting over an untrustworthy bullpen while clinging to a winning record against NL playoff teams, then watched a late slide drain their confidence. A two-game postseason sweep by San Diego, scoring one run total, left them in despair with misery at 86.

From Reddit fan threads · through Sep 28–Oct 4 · 0-2

Season misery
46Meh
Worst week
86Sep 28–Oct 4
Best week
15Aug 3–9
Mar 23–29: misery 31 (Content) · 1-2Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 46 (Meh) · 3-3Apr 6–12: misery 60 (Uneasy) · 3-3Apr 20–26: misery 24 (Euphoric) · 5-2Apr 27–May 3: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 5-1May 4–10: misery 30 (Euphoric) · 5-2May 11–17: misery 44 (Content) · 2-4May 18–24: misery 80 (Despair) · 0-6May 25–31: misery 58 (Uneasy) · 3-4Jun 1–7: misery 73 (Miserable) · 2-4Jun 8–14: misery 54 (Meh) · 3-3Jun 15–21: misery 42 (Content) · 3-2Jun 22–28: misery 45 (Content) · 6-1Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 46 (Meh) · 4-2Jul 6–12: misery 37 (Content) · 4-2Jul 13–19: misery 39 (Content) · 2-1Jul 20–26: misery 33 (Content) · 3-3Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 29 (Euphoric) · 4-3Aug 3–9: misery 15 (Euphoric) · 6-1Aug 10–16: misery 25 (Euphoric) · 3-3Aug 17–23: misery 42 (Content) · 3-3Aug 24–30: misery 54 (Meh) · 2-4Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 36 (Content) · 4-3Sep 7–13: misery 62 (Uneasy) · 2-4Sep 14–20: misery 50 (Meh) · 4-2Sep 21–27: misery 67 (Miserable) · 2-4Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 86 (Despair) · 0-23/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans went from defending the team after missing the division to fretting over a .500 stretch since May 8, then called the 0-8 Game 1 loss among the worst Cubs postseason showings ever.

    “First Cubs postseason game I’ve ever turned off”

    ▲ 202Sep 28–Oct 4

    Sep 14–20 ›Sep 21–27 ›Sep 28–Oct 4 ›
Built late
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. —Oct 5–11out
  5. 86Sep 28–Oct 40-2›
  6. 67Sep 21–272-4›
  7. 50Sep 14–204-2›
  8. 62Sep 7–13blowup game2-4›
  9. 36Aug 31–Sep 64-3›
  10. 54Aug 24–302-4›
  11. 42Aug 17–233-3›
  12. 25Aug 10–163-3›
  13. 15Aug 3–96-1›
  14. 29Jul 27–Aug 24-3›
  15. 33Jul 20–263-3›
  16. 39Jul 13–192-1›
  17. 37Jul 6–124-2›
  18. 46Jun 29–Jul 54-2›
  19. 45Jun 22–286-1›
  20. 42Jun 15–213-2›
  21. 54Jun 8–14blowup game3-3›
  22. 73Jun 1–7blowup game2-4›
  23. 58May 25–313-4›
  24. 80May 18–240-6›
  25. 44May 11–172-4›
  26. 30May 4–105-2›
  27. 28Apr 27–May 35-1›
  28. 24Apr 20–265-2›
  29. —Apr 13–195-1›
  30. 60Apr 6–123-3›
  31. 46Mar 30–Apr 53-3›
  32. 31Mar 23–291-2›