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- Updated: May 23, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Chicago Cubs still have the best record in baseball despite losing seven of their last 11 games, including Sunday’s 1-0 setback to the San Francisco Giants, and two straight on the road for the first time this year.
That’s the reason Cubs manager Joe Maddon can’t be too upset as his team gathers up its belongings and heads to St. Louis for a three-game series against the Cardinals.
“It’s very difficult to sustain the level we’re at,” Maddon said. “When you do get off to a good start, you can absorb a bad moment. When I look in the newspapers and see us at 70 percent, I can’t be too upset.”
Maddon preached getting off to a good start since the beginning of Spring Training. It happened, though there’s still about 75 percent of the regular season remaining, and to be called the best team in baseball is cool, but it doesn’t mean much to the Cubs.
“This is a snapshot. It’s May,” Maddon said. “I want to be the best team in baseball but it doesn’t matter if you are now. After the last game has been played, that’s when I want …
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