The way it is. Like it or not.

I understand. Why good baseball teams go into slumps. Because they get tired of playing baseball. For pretty much 162 days in a row. Yes, even doing the stuff one loves, can get tiresome after a while. And one begins to go about it routinely. Without the usual fervor.  That has happened to the Chicago Cubs. After getting off to one of their best starts ever. Oh, they are still in first place. By a sizeable margin. But they are losing more than winning.  Call it a mid-season crisis.  To be expected. Even from the best teams. One can’t live with intensity. Forever and ever. One needs to take breaks. And occasionally go through the motions. Rather than live with fervor. Without let up. That’s the way it is.  Like it or not. --Jim Broede