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ORLANDO – The Cubs fell one close game short of a berth to the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers this year. But even if they had advanced, they would have faced a new challenge.
“If we would have had to keep going, it would have gotten daunting,” Counsell said of the Cubs’ pitching situation. “I don’t think it was daunting for the first two series, and I don’t think it necessarily affected us for the first two series.”
A best-of-seven series, however, with less frequent off days than the five-game format in the NL Division Series between the Cubs and Brewers, would be a different story.