Cubs Season Off To A Shaky Start

The 2010 MLB Regular Season has finally kicked off, and the Cubs are starting off the year playing the way they did last year. As all Cubs fans know, last year was a very disappointing year to be a Cubs fan. We were coming off a year when we had the third best record in the MLB and followed that great year of 97 wins with 83 wins. And to make matters even worse last year, the Cubs were out of the pennant race for much of the season. We all came in to this year hoping for a lot more from our Cubbies. And I sure hope they pull through.

This hope could soon go down the drain, though, as the Cubs are already 3-4. I know it's early in the season, and they have only played one home game, but I also know they need to play a little better if they want to be pennant contenders this year after what really amounted to a year off. On the bright side, they have hit a lot of homers and have shown they have power, but I'm hoping for more consistency by the pitchers. They have given up a lot of runs this year already, just look at ESPN, and need to wake up and start pitching better. They are good pitchers, but are just underperforming at the moment. I'm hopeful this can change, and expect nothing less out of the Cubs. They have a good team that, I feel, could make a run in the playoffs. But they need to get there first, and in order to get there they have to play better ball and win more ballgames.

It has been well-documented that the Cubs haven't won the World Series in over 100 years. I, myself, have heard it about a million times, give or take a few, and I'm tired of hearing it. But the only way to stop the comments is to win a World Series. I hope, for the team and for my sanity, that they can pull it off this year, and I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible. Let's go Cubbies!

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