Don’t count them out: This is a franchise that tends to be an also-ran in the summer but dominant in October, with a 7-0 record in postseason series. That includes World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.

After holding the Cubs to one run and nine hits in two games, the Marlins posed for a team photo in the Wrigley Field infield. A few players wore masks, the rest wore grins, and all wore Bottom Feeders T-shirts.

“It’s a mindset,” said first baseman Garrett Cooper, who hit a pivotal homer in Thursday’s 2-0 win. “You take that to heart and you try to stick it to everybody, because we don’t get the respect we think we deserve. It’s a great mantra, because it shows everybody is riding on the same train.”

Bottalico, who pitched 12 years in the majors, said he’s shocked to see the Marlins literally wearing his words, but salutes them for finding motivation wherever they could.

“I’m not mad about it,” he said. “You’ve got to give them a lot of credit. Nobody — nobody — was thinking they were going to play as well as they did.”

By bouncing back from a 105-loss year in 2019, and then from a coronavirus outbreak in July that sidelined more than half the team, Derek Jeter’s Marlins have earned some respect. Nonetheless, they’re the biggest underdogs in next week’s round, partly because Miami has been Atlanta’s perennial punching bag in the NL East.