Here are the facts:

The Chicago Cubs are down 2–0 in the NLCS against the New York Mets. The two best Cubs starting pitchers — Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta — were already disposed of in the first two games. Mets pitching is tough. They still have another tough Mets starter to face on Tuesday. But like Lennon and McCartney, “I feel fine.”

There’s no good reason for this. We have looked like a boxer on the ropes in both games in this series. No amount of blowing on our fingertips seems to stop the rampant defensive miscues. No amount of working the count seems to halt the endless parade of pop ups and groundballs.

But we’re heading back to balmy Wrigley Field, where the 10th man is currently getting a second mortgage to pay for tickets to these games.

And this Cubs team just has an air of destiny about it.

I know that sounds crazy and is not a valid reason for hope in a sport that relies on key match-ups and invents a new statistic to obsess over every week. But the Cubs actually lead the league in an often overlooked stat: Wins By Magic (WBM).

This team’s WBM numbers are off the charts. They have a roster full of rookies and near-rookies who play with the carefree, fun-loving looseness of young’uns and the offensive heft of more seasoned players in their prime. They win games they’re not supposed to win. They make the playoffs ahead of schedule.

They slide like this.

Watch it again. Presto!

So, yes, it’s disconcerting when the potent offense dries up for two crucial games and the two aces of the pitching staff are made to look more like jokers.

But I’m not worried.

If this was supposed to be The Year, maybe I would be. But it’s not, so I’m not. Whenever I have thought that it was The Year, the Cubbies have let me down. Winning it all this year — especially after being down two games in the NLCS — would just be the logical grand finale to the best magic show in town.

So get ready to rub your helmet. Wrigley will be rocking this week, and I have a feeling the Cubs will be rolling.

Even if they aren’t, they still rolled a lot farther than anyone thought they would in 2015. And these wheels have a lot more mileage left in them.