You mean you'd rather see the Cubs sweltering in the heat of the August sun and burning out like in 1969? Did they burn out in the 1984 sun? 1984 was the coolest Summer on record to that point. So cool in fact, that they managed to finish the final three months with records of 18-10, 20-10, and 16-11. This after the first three months were 12-8, 15-12, 15-14. Cool or ortherwise, they did better in the second half, by a wide margain.