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Chicago Cubs: Making a Comeback

How can one root for a major league baseball team that hasn’t made it to the World Series since 1908? I can tell you that it is very hard being a dedicated Chicago Cubs fan. The team’s motto, made famous by the late, great Harry Carey, is “wait until next year”. Right now, it’s a whole new ball game. We can throw out the last ninety-five years that the Cubs haven’t made it to the World Series, because this is their year. The Cubs will be going to the World Series!
The Cubs have had one of their best years ever their remaining schedule is an encouraging sign that the Cubs could make it to the big game. In their last eight games of this season, the Cubs are up against four games with the Cincinnati Reds and four games with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Both these teams are well under .500, losing more games than not this season and aren’t favored to win against the Cubs. The Cubs are currently tied in the pennant race with the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants. The Giants are the team to beat and have already guaranteed a spot in the post season, so now it is between the Cubs and the Astros. The Astros don’t play many of their last on their home field, and the Cubs do, which is a huge advantage for them and gives hope that the Cubs are going to be joining the Giants in the post season. The Cubs lineup is also stacked with some great players, including an amazing pitching staff of “young guns”, that have the potential to carry them to a World Series championship in the end.
The Cubs may have the best pitching staff in all of baseball this year. Their pitchers are very young and inexperienced compared to other teams, but they are also very good. Kerry Wood not only leads the Cubs’ pitching staff, but also leads the whole league in strikeouts with over 266 so far at the ripe age of just twenty-six. Carlos Zombrano is only twenty-two just this April and is a very d...