Chicago Cubs

The week, game by game

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

• Mon, Aug 3W 10-5vs LAD1
• Tue, Aug 4W 5-1vs LAD11
• Wed, Aug 5W 7-6vs LAD29
• Thu, Aug 6W 3-2vs TOR8
• Fri, Aug 7W 6-4@ KCR2
• Sat, Aug 8L 3-6@ KCR51
• Sun, Aug 9W 10-2@ KCR1

The emotional rollercoaster

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

What fans said

• “More WAR than Kyle Tucker, for $58M less this season. I’d say the signing has worked out.”

  u/SqueakyTuna52▲ 496pride

• “Dude shows up to kids’ lemonade stands, admits when he’s made mistakes... plays the game with passion, and fully embraces his import to the city.”

  u/FlyTheW1988▲ 361joy

• “The cubs beat the best team in the league, by 5 runs, on my birthday no less! Fly that beautiful W!”

  u/Fantastic_Doom▲ 181joy

• “Cubs win! 8th straight road series win! Longest since 1912!”

  u/Old_General_6741▲ 148joy

• “what a win!! Bregman and MVP PCA came through in clutch. Love it”

  u/Billyshears68▲ 144joy

• “Won the series against the Dodgers, and beat Skubal in his Dodger Debut. Hell. Yeah.”

  u/AlwaysHungry94▲ 133joy

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