Next Year is now Cub fans. It is understood that no team is promised
anything in the post season but this team that beat a 100 win team in
the St. Louis Cardinals prove that this is their year. Of the Three
teams with the longest world series drout, the Red Sox, White Sox and
Cubs two of the three have exorcised their demons and one of them more
than once. It’s been ten years since the rival White Sox won their
championship and the city has been waiting for the Cubs to do the same
thing. What took them so long. Sure it hasn’t happened yet but this team
is better than any team Theo Epstein fielded in Boston. There is no
reliance on any one single player to do the heavy lifting. Joe Maddon
has proved that no player on this team is above the other no matter how
long they’ve been in Chicago and how many losing seasons they faced to
get here. Had we stopped at Kris Bryant this team wouldn’t have gotten
past Pittsburgh much less made the playoffs. Kyle Schwarber is the
truth. In my opinion the rookie of the year though I am afraid pitchers
will have figured him out next year and his numbers will fall but this
is not next year and who knows his numbers might actually improve over
time in Joe Maddon’s capable hands.
It has been said that no team can be an all or nothing team. But the
Cubs scare the hell out of opposing pitchers because anyone of them
could hit a moon shot. This is not a small ball team by any means.
You;re not going to have a lot of stolen bases among these players. And
they still struggle with men in scoring position but one the flip side
they are the best road team in baseball. I can imagine Cardinal fans
laughing at the 4-0 game one shutout in Busch Stadium. That must have
had them saying this is the real Cubs team and just like most seasons
their dreams would end there. Considering these two teams have never met
in the playoffs these Cubs will never be taken lightly as long as Theo
is running the show.
Taking into consideration the teams that are left the Cubs could still
use some fortune on their side. I can say I am more afraid of the
Dodgers than I am of the Mets. The Cubs swept the season series against
the Mets including a four game series. But these aren’t those same Mets.
Or are they? The Dodgers are desperate and they’re playing like they’re
ready to get the season over there. With the next game for the Cubs not
to be played until at least Saturday likely the Cubs have time for a
few more magic shows and slumber parties put on by Joe Maddon to keep
his boys loose. Maybe another petting zoo. But to be serious for a
moment fans. If the Cubs win it all this year, wonderful but Theo won
three with Boston. This team being as talented as they are should
surpass that number for all of this to be worth it. The White Sox have
been languishing near mediocre since 2005. With only a single playoff
appearance since then and a manager walking away from the team with the
season still not over because of his mouth and the fans tiring of him.
Sure we had the same with Lou Piniella but he had the best three year
span of any manager for the Cubs in a long time. This may be the year
but if it stops there it means nothing. Even the biggest Sox fan of them
all is jumping on the bandwagon. Sorry POTUS but we don’t want you. We
don’t need anyone else jumping on where there already is no room. Leave
it to the long sufferers to enjoy over and over again. The Bulls won six
and still they’re behind the ’85 Bears as the most prolific team in the
city and they only won once in the Super Bowl era. I don’t want to be
like them where we haven’t beaten New England more than once since that
white wash in ’86. This city and their fans deserve to see this for at
least five championships before we’re happy and once again the best
baseball team in the city and they’re talking about us like the
Cardinals. I want to see two more presidents in office before we’re
done.Go Cubs Go and don’t ever stop.