"And it's been a long way, but we're here."
Those words were said by Astronaut Alan Shepard just after he stepped onto the moon. Kind of an appropriate quote for today as well. The last three years of Cubs baseball have been a slog. Just as we were told it was going to be. Many of us understood that. Many others chose to either not listen, not understand, or decide to make their own narrative for reasons that are impossible to divine.
Regardless, the turnaround that the entire Cubs organization has undergone is nothing short of spectacular.