History Repeats Itself?

With the Sweep of the Pirates yesterday (actually with the win the day before) the Cubs finished another series win, the eigth in a row.

The last time that a Cubs team won 8 Series in a row (of at least 2 games) was 1907.

1907 was also the first time that the Cubs won the World Series. They would win it again the next season (1908).

The Cubs are on pace for 100 wins this year (the 100th season since 1908) and currently have the best record in baseball.

All signs point to the Cubs winning their first world series in 100 years (and probably repeating next year).

After all, think about it. Who should they be scared of? The Diamond Backs (who swept the Cubs out of the playoffs last year) are barely over .500 in baseball's worst division. The Mets and Phillies each have glaring weaknesses (the Mets utter lack of a bullpen, the Phillies utter lack of a consistent offense). The Brewers are the 2nd best team in the National League and when it mattered the Cubs took 4 straight from them... in Milwaukee.

Clearly they are the class of the NL and I would be shocked if they didn't at least make the World Series.

(Which, incidently, is what the curse is about, making the World Series, it has nothing to do with winning it. If they simply make the World Series, then the Billy Goat Curse is broken, anything that happened in the World Series would be strictly baseball, no curse involved.)

Over in the AL, the top two teams are the Angels and the Rays. The Angels have great pitching and defense, but no offense, and the Cubs would match up very well against them. The Rays lack of experience is sure to catch up with them eventually. The Red Sox are really the only team that would scare me, but they would have to get healthy first. At the moment they are mearly good, not great, and therefore not much of a threat. However, if they do get healthy, a Cubs/Red Sox world series could be one for the ages.

Let's go Cubbies.