Pressure? These Cubs smashed that playoff narrative into pieces, shrugging off the weight of franchise history like it’s nothing.
Pressure? It’s not like these Cubs grew up in the Chicago suburbs, idolizing Ernie Banks and Ron Santo and seeing the 1969 team collapse. They’re not from the generation that sat around college dorm rooms and Lakeview bars watching the 2003 team unravel, only five outs away from the World Series.
Pressure? Try playing for the Cuban junior national team, understanding that you had to produce to keep your spot for the next high-profile tournament, not knowing if you would ever get another chance to make an impression on the scouts in the stands.