Today, Major League Baseball announced how precisely it will amend the schedule to relocate the two series that were otherwise lost to the lockout.
For the Cubs, the two-gamer against the Cardinals moves to scheduled doubleheaders at Wrigley Field on June 4 and August 23. The opening series against the Reds in Cincinnati goes to the end of the schedule, October 3-5.
That means the Cubs will be hosting the Reds for three and then immediately going to Cincinnati to play three. In other words, they finish the season with six straight against the Reds, who are currently tearing down and figure to tear even further down at the Trade Deadline. Boy wouldn’t it be nice if those six games mattered to the Cubs by the end of the season? And if we looked at it like a gift from the scheduling gods?
Here’s hoping.