Cubs' total playoff no-show let — and left — everybody down
The Chicago Cubs were eliminated from the playoffs following a 4-1 loss to the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of the wild-card series. The team's performance was described as a no-show, ending their season prematurely.
SAN DIEGO — Over.And out.So much for a postseason run to remember for the 2026 Cubs. Instead, a 4-1 loss to the Padres in Game 2 of the wild-card round ended a one-sided, anticlimactic series in which the hands-down-better team easily kicked an overestimated opponent to the curb and all too quickly put Cubdom out of its misery.They let you down in the end, these Cubs, did they not?It was a total playoff no-show.Nothing from Pete Crow-Armstrong, the National League’s sure-fire MVP.“You can look…
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