Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
The Cubs won the NL pennant in 1945, but could not replicate the success in 1946, as many players on other teams came back from service in World War II.
They hung close to first place for a while, only four games back in mid-July, but wound up 82-71 and 13x games behind the pennant-winning Cardinals.
No Cubs fan would have believed you if you had told him (or her) at that time that the Cubs wouldn’t have another winning season until 1963.