MLB · Week of Jul 6–12

Chicago Cubs

4-2 this week · 54-42 overall · @ BAL, @ CIN

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Misery Index · Content · ▼ from 46

The week, game by game

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

  • Tue, Jul 7W 5-2@ BAL41
  • Wed, Jul 8W 9-7@ BAL21
  • Thu, Jul 9L 2-3@ BAL51
  • Fri, Jul 10L 0-4@ CIN86
  • Sat, Jul 11W 5-3@ CIN10
  • Sun, Jul 12W 8-4@ CIN14

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

  • “2/5’s of the way there to an all Cade rotation. Cade is the new market inefficiency.”

    u/HortoinUrbs▲ 283joy

  • “Cubs win and brewers lost 2 today. Today's a good day.”

    u/CubsEnjoyer▲ 158joy

  • “Happy Birthday to The Hawk. Happy 72nd Birthday to the 1987 MVP and my favorite Cub of all time, Andre Dawson.”

    u/ignoranceisbliss37▲ 120joy

  • “On Saturday, July 18, the Chicago Cubs will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the club’s historic 2016 World Series championship.”

    u/officialchicagocubs▲ 116joy

  • “Boyd with another great outing. Love to see it.”

    u/ContraryPython▲ 82joy

  • “Sensational! Dansby, a multiple Gold Glove winner, was playing right behind second. What a play! So temporarily, Dansby saves the day - or night - as we go to the ninth inning.”

    u/malepitt▲ 77joy

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