I love this year's team. I can't remember a Cubs team ever getting this hot late in the season....It's hard to believe the Cubs were only 5 games over .500 toward the end of July (7/26 after getting swept by the Phillies). They've gone 47-19 since that date, including 9 in a row. Too bad Jake can't pitch every game...
I'm not a big fan of this format either, but it would have been a real kick in the nuts to win 97 games and *not* make the playoffs, which would have been the case a few years ago. Maybe a 3 game series would be better, but I still think the Cubs would have won.
Somebody needs to get Dusty Baker off TBS....that douche doesn't need to be anywhere around the Cubs! Fuck him and Neifi Perez.