From 1967-1971, a five-year span, the Chicago Cubs had winning seasons for each of the five. Since 1971, a 32-year span, they've only had five more winning seasons. That's five, total. So you'll excuse me for celebrating a little today. The Cubs swept the Mets, beating them today 2-0 behind a Kerry Wood complete game, and ensuring their 6th winning season since '71, and their second in the past 3 seasons.
They still trail the Astros by a game, and the wild card leader by a couple more than that, but with ten games to go, they're well positioned to overtake Houston. And with strong pitching from the top 4 in their rotation, I wouldn't bet against them, even if I weren't a lifetime fan.
I don't care if Sammy wins the HR race, I don't care if Prior wins the Cy Young, I don't care if Wood leads the league in K's, and I don't care if they break the NL record for team strikeouts again this year. I want playoffs. But even if the Cubs don't make it this year, I'm happy to have a baseball team to root for in September.
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