This is the third part of a three-part series. At least, I'll pretend I planned it as a three-part series. Last week, I wrote about how the American League is still the better league, but that the success of the Chicago Cubs may force the rest of the NL to up its game a bit, similar to what happened in the AL in the mid-2000s as the rest of the league tried to catch up with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. On Monday, I looked at how the other 29 teams can beat the Cubs in 2017.