Of course it's important. I've never said today that the game was over. I've never said today the season was over. All I've done was tell some inconvenient truths that some people can't handle and can't interpret. Gasser stunk today just as Drohan stunk yesterday. Murphy badly mismanaged the game yesterday. A six man rotation is stupid. Pointing stuff out like that is not pessimism. Let me be clear on my feelings about this year. I expect to make the playoffs. I even expect to win the division. I fully expect to be one and done in the playoffs no matter who we play.
And then they are dumbfounded when those weaknesses are exposed in the playoffs. It's as if having the best record in the regular season doesn't make you the best team in baseball.
I guess the one tiny chance to win is if we get this supposedly great farm system to gel quickly before all our best players head for the Dodgers and Yankees and we're back in rebuilding mode again.
I'm not. I've already accepted the fact that I will not witness a World Series championship in my lifetime. Teams like the Brewers don't win championships in this day and age.
But that's not how it works. Nothing is linear. We've had one of the easiest schedules since the All Star break and the Cubs have still managed to gain on us. There's no doubt the Cubs are playing better ball than us right now.