The Cubs are 10-9 in September, but… they’ve lost four straight for the first time this year.
If that doesn’t feel real good right now, try this: The Mets are 7-12 in September and at one point earlier this month lost eight in a row.
For more on the Mets, here’s Chris McShane, manager of our SB Nation Mets site Amazin’ Avenue.
The Mets appear to be a broken baseball team. Of course, they’ve alternated between looking very good and looking broken for the past three months, but having seen their long-held playoff spot slip out of their hands on Sunday really didn’t feel great.
You just don’t know what you’re going to get out of this team on a daily basis. They could sweep this series or get swept, but they have more consistently found ways to lose than ways to win lately. Knowing how thi