One is the Magic Number, Watch the Weather, the Palencia Boost, and Other Cubs Bullets

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• Original: bleachernation.com
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The huddle

I liked it better the last time Caleb Williams and Alex Bregman simultaneously made headlines … On the bright side of the ledger, the Cubs’ win yesterday shrank their playoff magic number to just one.¹

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• One is the Magic Number, Watch the Weather, the Palencia Boost, and Other Cubs Bullets
• I liked it better the last time Caleb Williams and Alex Bregman simultaneously made headlines … On the bright side of the ledger, the Cubs’ win yesterday shrank their playoff magic number to just one.
• Thanks to the contemporaneous disappointment of seeing the divisional race turn into a blowout at the same time the Cubs’ big WC1 lead turned into nothing, we haven’t really done the Magic Number Tracking thing this year.
• I haven’t, anyway.

Why it matters

It is circulating across Bears coverage, which is usually a sign it will matter in the building.¹

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