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    How the Cubs blew a playoff spot in 8 simple steps — from the 'Bachelor in Paradise' curse to the end of the dream

    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune Sep 26, 2019 6 minutes

    PITTSBURGH _The Cubs awoke on the morning of Sept. 17 in pretty good shape.

    They trailed the Cardinals by two games in the National League Central and led the Brewers by one game for the second wild-card spot. The Nationals were only a half-game ahead for the first spot, which would decide home-field advantage for the Oct. 1 wild-card game.

    Yu Darvish, the Cubs' hottest starter, was taking the mound against the Reds, a sub-.500 team playing out the string. The Cubs had won five straight and scored 55 runs in their previous four games. Despite an up-and-down season, their playoff hopes were very much alive.

    Then it all fell apart, in slow and agonizing fashion. Nine days later, the Cubs' postseason dream was over after one of the most stunning end-of-the-season collapses in franchise history.

    1. 'Bachelor in Paradise' curse, Sept. 17

    It all starts here, with a television show. ABC-7, one of the Cubs' TV partners in the final season of their contract, decides to run

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