While the Chicago Cubs were doing their thing to end the “first half” on a high note, I was hanging out in Monterey for a Japanese festival, eating udon and checking out jujitsu demonstrations. Summer is fun. You can check out the earlier blog for some affirmations, but really, these Cubs don’t need anybody to stick up for them; they can do it themselves.
As we keep an eye on the standings, it’s important to remind Cubs fans what our expectations were before a game even started this season. We imagined a much-improved team than last year’s 73-win version (which incidentally were just 38-49 at the 87-game mark), but one that needed to get over some major growing pains to have a shot at the playoffs.