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."
Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make the postseason.
The Cubs, chastened by that loss, set out to put together a better team in 1970. Again, some failed transactions helped doom that team, even though several Cubs had better years in 1970 than they did in 1969.