Remember that Cubs team that was seventh in the NL in ERA pre All-Star break. You know, the team that had fans tearing their hair out wondering what could be if only the offense could do their job? Fear not Cubs fans, that team is dead.

In their place is a tired armed and manned down version that is last in the NL in ERA at 6.18 in 17 games since the break, up from 3.27 pre All-Star game.

Some of the numbers: 105 earned runs allowed, 115 runs allowed overall, an opponents batting average of .310, an opponent OBP of .375, SLG% of .463, a WHIP of 1.80 and an OPS of .838!

This is a team that allowed 12 consecutive hits in one game, 26 total hits in another and has allowed five or more runs 11 times in those 17 games, including at least six or more in their last six games.

Believe it or not the Cubs are actually the second highest scoring team in the NL since the break with 86 runs of their own and the NL's second highest batting average at .276 which is up 22 points from the first half of the season.

The Cubs have lost six in a row and are now in fourth place behind the Reds, Cardinals, Brewers and Astros. "It's a Way of Life" all right.