it's just so gd hard to reign in expectations after we reached the peak fan experience that was the last 2 years. the last 3 months have been this slow crawl of minor bummers that have added up to this general sadness surrounding cubs baseball, and yet this season is still one of the better cubs performances of my lifetime. my optimistic view is that when we're good again (and even if it doesn't happen during this season, the cubs are almost certainly going to be good again soon), this stretch will only make it more fun that #weareactually back.