Going into this year, if they were honest, most Chicago Cubs fans would have told you that they would have been happy with a .500 record after three years of crap. At 97 wins, the Cubs fans considered this a “bonus year” as they were assumed to have arrived into contention a year sooner than most expected.
Then the Cubs won the Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, advancing to the National League Division Series. For the first time ever, the Cubs and St Louis Cardinals would meet in the postseason.
The Cardinals won the season series against the Cubs, but this is the postseason; what happened in the regular season means absolutely nothing.