Going for the Green: Some Cubs fans are living in a fantasy land

Let’s get this straight from the start — I’m a Chicago Cubs fan. It’s not anything like my love for Iowa State —that’s always at the top of the list — but if I’m going to cheer for a professional sports team, it’s going to be the Cubs. I’m not a veteran Cubs fan by any means, but my heart has been broken by the northsiders enough to know to keep expectations low in the postseason, if they’re in it. This past season, I knew the Cubs were doing rather well, but I didn’t pay that much attention. It doesn’t matter how you start a season, it’s how you finish. And this past season for the Cubs finished rather disastrously. The Cubs flopped in the first round, being promptly swept by a mediocre Los Angeles Dodgers team. The Dodgers had the least a