In all fairness, this is the life of all die-hard sports fans, not just the Chicago Cubs. But things also changed for fans when the Cubs won the World Series. Whereas before many of us would be looking for things to fall apart, now it’s become just the opposite. The season’s just started, and anything negative written about the Cubs is “silly” or “stupid.” Even as writers when we give our thoughts on a game, there tends to be some backlash from the occasional fan.
It’s not that we think that the Cubs are going to be “failures” this season.