As you may know, the MLB regular season is soon going to be over. My favorite team, the Chicago Cubs, are 9 1/2 games back from the St. Louis Cardinals in their division, and they are 6 1/2 games back from the wildcard leading Colorado Rockies.
In case you don't know, there are two leagues in the MLB, the American League and the National League. There are 3 divisions in each league. The West, Central, and East divisions. Each division winner gets a playoff spot, and the two remaining playoff spots go to the team with the highest record for the second place team in a division for both leagues. The Chicago Cubs are in the National League Central.
Do I think the Cubs will make the playoffs this year? Probably not. There are only around 15 games, give or take a few, left in this year's regular season. For many Cubs fans, this year has been a big disappointment. With the third best record in baseball last season, and with the same team plus a few additions, the Cubs figured to be a lock in the NL Central this season. But what do they do so far this year? They are only 7 games above .500. They have been playing good recently, but I think this came a little too late. As I am a Cubs fan, I am hoping that they can prove me wrong, but I don't think the Cubs will be playing baseball come mid-October (when the playoffs are). It didn't help that the Cardinals picked up Matt Holiday, who has been red hot since wearing Cardinal red, midway through the year. Or the fact that they have the MLB home run leader, Albert Pujols.
Should they have been better this year? You bet they should of. But this is why the Cubs have not brought a World Series Championship to the north side of Chicago since 1908. They have talent, but talent does not alone bring a World Series Championship to Chicago. How I wish it did, though. The Cubs are very talented this year, but have failed to consistely win. Although the baseball season is pretty much over for the north-siders, they should keep cool because next year is a whole new ballgame.
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