A Breath of Fresh Air

Just when people started to panic the Cubs happened

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If you were to talk to any Cubs fan just five days ago you more than likely would have sensed a bit of panic in their voices. You would have heard many things that they believed needed to be done in order to turn this team around. Oh how things can change in just a weeks time in this wonderful game of baseball.

As fans we forgot what it is that we love most about this game. We forgot that it’s the imperfection that makes baseball so intriguing. It’s the struggles that make the victories so much better. There used to be a joke that went around about the Cubs. It looked kind of like this.

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Sure we used to get made fun of for being Cubs fans by every Cardinals fan we knew. Sure we used to have to always coin the phrase “Wait Til’ Next Year”. Well not anymore. We forgot that this is not the same organization that we have watched year in and year out as they let us down. This is an organization that is built to win and it’s built to win now.

That small glimpse of panic that each of us were starting to have is something that we have embedded in our DNA from years of struggle. We start to doubt and feel anxiety when things aren’t going as planned.

Well lucky for us we have a team on the field again this year that never seems to panic. A team that knows what they are capable of and figures out a way to battle through the rough patches. That’s right we have a team that just needed a little time to get their Mojo back.

That is exactly what we are seeing now from our beloved Cubbies. They breathed life back into the entire Cubs nation with one mighty sweep of those stinkin St. Louis Cardinals and oh how sweet it was to watch.

This team we love reminded us that they have ice water in their veins as they made come back win after come back win these past five days. They made us realize that we don’t need to fall back into old habits of worry and anxiousness like we used to suffer through.

In 2016 we asked and they delivered. We prayed and the prayers were answered. So sit back now Cubs fans and enjoy this beautiful game we call baseball. Enjoy the ups and the downs of a team that has what it takes to repeat.

No need to worry anymore, because the Cubs are back in business and just like the June weather they are starting to heat up.

Craig House is a die-hard Cubs fan that loves anything and everything Cubs related. Follow him on Twitter @Craig_House3 where he loves to interact with fellow Cubs fans daily.