Today in 1908 - Cubs crushed, fall to third place. Also, Led Zeppelin better than actual zeppelin.

The Cubs got crushed today 11-0 and fall all the way to third place in the NL. Meanwhile, Led Zeppelin are clearly better than a real zeppelin.

I told you yesterday things would get worse before they get better.

Today they got worse when the Cubs got destroyed 11-0 by the Giants. Not only that, but the Giants win and a Pittsburgh win sent the Cubs all the way down to third place. Can you even imagine what would happen if the 2016 Cubs had a similar swoon and fell to third place? People would be committing social media "suicide" left and right!

And here's the kicker ... things are about to get even worse!!! I won't spoil it, but being one game out of the lead is going to seem like a pipe dream in about a month. OK ... that probably does spoil it a little bit, but this did all happen 108 years ago, so you could certainly Google it your damn self and find out what happened.

Anyway ... Cubs ace Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown took the hill today, and promptly got knocked off that pedestal by the visiting Giants. New York bounced him in the fourth inning after scoring five runs, and then scored six more off relievers Jack Pfiester and Orval Overall. Brown is a guy that went 29-9 on the year with a 1.47 ERA, so this beatdown is a significant one.

Yeah ... you get back in there and think about what you just did ...

I mean really ... what else can I say about this crappy game? The Cubs got pounded for the fourth loss in a row and five of their last six. So instead, I'll talk about Led Zeppelin.

Full disclosure ... I was born in 1976, so I was a tad bit young for the Led Zeppelin heyday. Even more embarrassing is that as a kid I rocked out to such fine musical swill like Paula Abdul and Milli Vanilli. In my defense I also liked Dire Straits and Aerosmith, but I thought I'd lay it all out on the table and confess to some of the really bad stuff as well.

Fast forward to present day ... My 40 year-old self has a much greater appreciation for the awesomeness that is Led Zeppelin. In the past couple years I've jumped into the catalog and can totally see that they are (without argument) one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Meanwhile in 1908, actual zeppelins were faring much worse. By the way ... do you even know what a zeppelin is? It's that wacky blimp-looking thing that Ralphie's brother was so excited to get at the end of A Christmas Story ...

Yeah well the 1908 zeppelin in Germany totally crashed and nobody was nearly as happy as cute little Randy.

On this day in 1908, the Count Zeppelin (there was an actual guy) planned to fly his terrific blimp machine for a full 24 hours. Unfortunately for the Count, a storm whipped up and his zeppelin crashed into a nearby shed. The Tribune said "all of Germany mourned," because apparently it was a big deal to be able to fly a big fat balloon in the sky for a day. Sadly, that evil evil shed clearly jumped out of nowhere and sabotaged its prey.

On the bright side, Count Zeppelin had an AWESOME mustache!!

But yeah ... Led Zeppelin the band was way better than Count Zeppelin and his blimp. At least for today.

In summary, the Cubs loss sends them to 45-32 on the year. The Giants and Pirates wins also send them to third place overall. Three more games in this series against the Giants resumes tomorrow.