The last time the Chicago Cubs faced expectations this high, the Model T was hitting the market. The Cubs look about as loaded as any team after a 97-win season that catapulted them to the National League Championship Series and sparked hope among their long-suffering fans that a championship drought dating to 1908 just might be in its final stages. Nothing that has happened since Dexter Fowler got called out on strikes to end Game 4 against the New York Mets has dimmed that. More...