Chicago Cubs

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Thu, Mar 26L 4-10vs WSH35
• Sat, Mar 28W 10-2vs WSH5
• Sun, Mar 29L 3-6vs WSH54

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

What fans said

• “This is bigger than the contract. This is Pete saying 'I am a cub, I want to be here' and that means a lot to this fan base.”

  u/Free_Radio1834▲ 648pride

• “LET’S GO Pumped to have him as the face of the franchise for a good while, not gonna be able to sleep for a while now though, couldn’t they have released this at noon?”

  u/Skyye_23▲ 206joy

• “Jed is cooking. And we have Opening Day on Saturday! Definitely on Saturday. Not at all today. At all.”

  u/B-V-M▲ 198joy

• “Sunny day, Cade picking up where he left off, some dingers, a Cubs W. What's not to love?”

  u/Akugendengdewecok▲ 153joy

• “the first win always has a way of making you feel like the sea”

  u/FriedRiceJutsu▲ 111joy

• “He’s sick, it’s baseball fever. He needs 2-3 stadium dogs to recover”

  u/vustinjernon▲ 102joy

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