the brewers had a red hot finish because they played a bunch of horsefeathers, non-trying teams as half of baseball is actively trying to lose. cubs played many of those same horsefeathers, non-trying teams. also the brewers whipped the cubs’ ass head to head. brewers played out of their minds for a month but if you end the season losing 4/7 at home to pirates and cardinals, it’s partially on you. Sure I’m not saying the Cubs are blameless but the Brewers have played out of their minds and the Cubs have limped to the end exhausted and filled with injuries to key players and still played 90+ win baseball most of the month Meh; they've played horsefeathers baseball (especially offensively) for pretty much the entire second half, and most benefited from the weak schedule that was supposed to be the reason they left everyone in the dust.