Chicago Cubs: “We got a Rodney King beat down tonight,” is how Milton Bradley put it. An embarrassing loss to the Nationals (also known as the worst team in baseball) at Wrigley dropped the Cubs to 62-61 – a season after 97 wins! – and nine games back of NL Central-leading St. Louis. Be as optimistic as you’d like – they have a 0.0 percent chance of winning the NL Central, and we’re ready to put a fork in the Cubs chances of making the postseason. If you want to hold out hope that maybe they can make up the 8.5 games in the Wild Card standings, fine – but just know that overtaking four teams in less than 40 games will be nearly impossible. From here on out, Milton Bradley’s pre and post-game quotes are the only reason you need to pay attention to the Cubbies. [ESPN Chicago]