Win the whole f****** thing – Tom Berenger, Major League, 1989
Every team in every sport has that goal. But for most, winning a world championship is not required to have a successful season. One of two things happen in the postseason. Either a team gets far in the playoffs and fans are happy. Or a team performs up to their standards, things don’t work out, and the fans still want everybody fired. But in the case of the 2016 Chicago Cubs, they have to win the whole thing.
It isn’t because they have unfair expectations placed on them like the Pirates had last season.