Former pitcher Curt Schilling surmises (correctly) the reason why: because the Cubs play most of their home games during the day, the biological clocks of the Cubs roster is different then other MLB teams. As such, once they reach the playoffs, the team ends up playing poorly when most of the games are in the evening hours.
The schedule will probably change, but it will almost certainly be gradual. There are still a lot of Cubs fans who believe lights are the tools of The Devil.