Heading into the 4th of July weekend, the Cubs are a game out of first. That's fine with me. But apparently a few on this board think they should have 60 wins at this point and think the Cubs are under achieving which I suppose that is based off last season. You folks need to get a clue. This is not 2016 or even 2015 where a lot things fell nicely into place or this team. This is a new season and they've been hit with quite a bit of adversity....baseball has a way of evening things up in a hurry. I had to laugh at most of the pre-season prognosticators saying the Cubs were "the best team in baseball". Huh? What? They hadn't even played a game yet. All the numbers in the world don't add up to a hill of beans because those numbers show what people did in the PAST. These players are not video game pixels....they are real people like all of us, granted they have mad skills in this sport but they are still susceptible to the same physical and emotional problems we have. To expect these players to play exactly like they have previously is unrealistic. Sure, some will....some will be better but after what happened last year it's a pretty good bet that more will be down than up. A lot of the thrill is gone now as they have already accomplished what no other Cub team has done in over 100 years. I mean it's been like 20 years since there was a repeat in MLB, there is a reason for that. A 162 game schedule demands a lot goes your way, in 2015 and 2016 it did.....2017, not so much. I'm not seeing any lack of hustle or effort and given the fact that regular season wins don't mean dick....it's the 4th weekend and the Cubs still have a shot. I'm good with that.
