MLB · Week of Apr 6–12

Chicago Cubs

3-3 this week · 7-8 overall · @ TBR, vs PIT

60

Misery Index · Uneasy · ▲ from 46

The week, game by game

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

  • Mon, Apr 6L 4-6@ TBR92
  • Tue, Apr 7W 9-2@ TBR25
  • Wed, Apr 8W 6-2@ TBR7
  • Fri, Apr 10L 0-2vs PIT78
  • Sat, Apr 11L 3-4vs PIT99
  • Sun, Apr 12W 7-6vs PIT—

The emotional rollercoaster

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

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What fans said

  • “Let me step back and kill myself Neil Funk”

    u/Kaner_95▲ 228despair

  • “A whole civilization (cubs fans) has died today”

    u/okay_throwaway_today▲ 198despair

  • “Nah we’re 3 whole games back with only 151 games left. We’re basically mathematically eliminated.”

    u/Very_SimpleJack▲ 156despair

  • “I googled Dr Keith Meister and the first thing to come up is “UCL Reconstruction” we’re fucked”

    u/onebardpun▲ 136despair

  • “28 men left on base through 2 games and 3 total runs scored. unreal.”

    u/BroncosCubsHuskers8▲ 122frustration

  • “Why don’t they just go 162-0? Are they stupid?”

    u/pdbstnoe▲ 78rage

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