Cubs' hitting slump is a cruel form of punishment
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Most people don’t have jobs that come with oppressive slumps, at least not slumps that are public and subject to scrutiny. Certainly not slumps like major-league hitters go through. Bob down at the bottle-opener factory goes the equivalent of 2-for-30 from the plate, and no one outside of his supervisor cares. Betty in HR makes a mistake on someone’s overtime claim and fixes it with a few keystrokes. No harm, no foul language from social-media critics. I’ll beat you to the punch: Rick from the sports department has been in a four-decade slump, nobody is...
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