Chicago Cubs: Are They Legitimate Contenders in the NL Central, Part II

Besides the relatively rosy picture Cubs management paints, described in Part I, there is another view as to why the Cubs lost last year. The bottom line is that one really doesn’t have to buy into the bad luck or underachievement excuses.  There are legitimate doubts about the steps that have been taken to improve the team.

Actually, you could go on and on analyzing just what happened to this team in 2010, and I have done so to some extent on my blog.  The truth is there was only a little bad luck and in terms of underachievement, well, a lot of that was not unexpected and much of it...

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