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Can the Dysfunctional Chicago Cubs Compete for the N.L. Central in 2011?

January 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

San Francisco Giants Manager Bruce Bochy said a bunch of castoffs and misfits won the World Series in 2010. After enormously disappointing seasons in 2009 and 2010, the Cubs definitely fall in the category of misfits.  How did a team that seemed to be the odds on favorite to advance to the World Series in 2008 drop so far so fast? The Cubs won 98 games during the 2008 season but were swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers. The Dodger sweep brought the Cubs postseason losing streak to nine games, dating all the way back to the infamous Steve Bartman game in the 2003 National League ...

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