I’m running out of “the sky isn’t falling” words. The team is still 18 over .500. The team is still going to the playoffs. They are even somewhat likely to hold on to the top Wild Card spot. But at this point, that is more about none of the other teams being good either. We’re going to do something unusual and start with our peek at the scoreboard.

Scoreboard Watching: Padres (Wild Card 2) win (Cubs up 2). Mets (WC 3) lose (Cubs up 5). Giants win (Cubs up 8). The Giants need to go 17-1 to reach 90 wins. Reds lose and fall behind the Giants (the Reds can win 90 games max). The Cubs’ magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 11 with 18 games to go. For what it’s worth, the Brewers lost (Cubs down 7.5). We’ll count down the magic number against the Giants/Reds until the Cubs clinch a playoff

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