Most Cubs Optimism Ever?

[Tim]

Is this the most optimistic you've ever felt about the Cubs? If not, please say when you felt better about the future of the team.

[NOLA]

Maybe not as optimistic for the short term, but for the long run, no question.

[Derwood]

2008 was the most optimistic :x

[Sammy Sofa]

2008 was the most optimistic :x

 

Before the season?

[Derwood]

2008 was the most optimistic :x

 

Before the season?

 

Heading into the playoffs

[Sammy Sofa]

I took it as Tim asking in terms of going forward between seasons.

[Guest]

I'm talking long-term optimism. I was way more optimistic for the coming season in 2004 and 2008.

[imb]

The only time that comes close was before Mark Prior's injury was first announced in 2004. It was before spring training, right?

 

Ricketts+Theo and crew could change this team forever. Even after Theo's gone, the principals he's bringing will still be here. IT'S FINALLY SAFE FOR ME TO HAVE A SON.

[mookie]

Easily the most ever. I still feel like this is a dream, or even a dream within a dream. My arm is bruised and sore from the constant pinching.

[bukie]

The only time that comes close was before Mark Prior's injury was first announced in 2004. It was before spring training, right?

 

Ricketts+Theo and crew could change this team forever. Even after Theo's gone, the principals he's bringing will still be here. IT'S FINALLY SAFE FOR ME TO HAVE A SON.

My son is 4, and his favorite Cubs are Starlin Castro and Theo Epstein.

[Tracer Bullet]

The only time that comes close was before Mark Prior's injury was first announced in 2004. It was before spring training, right?

 

Ricketts+Theo and crew could change this team forever. Even after Theo's gone, the principals he's bringing will still be here. IT'S FINALLY SAFE FOR ME TO HAVE A SON.

My son is 4, and his favorite Cubs are Starlin Castro and Theo Epstein.

 

Yep. Finally convinced my son that Theriot is a [expletive]. So Castro is his favorite player. He should be able to remember the first cubs WS of his lifetime.

[EpsteinCubs]

Before game 5 of the 2003 NLCS

[TruffleShuffle]

Before game 5 of the 2003 NLCS

 

yeah i'm probably in the same boat... leading the series, dominant young rotation with one guy who seemed like a generational talent, and many of us didn't yet know that dusty was a moron and hendry was mediocre.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I was actually very confident from 2003-2009. Especially in the early '00's when we had what looked to be one of the best young pitching staffs I'd ever seen, not to mention some very good young hitters like Patterson, A Ram, and later D Lee. It was hard to imagine those guys not getting us to a few World Series, and be one of the elite teams in baseball.

[Banedon]

The only time that comes close was before Mark Prior's injury was first announced in 2004. It was before spring training, right?

 

Ricketts+Theo and crew could change this team forever. Even after Theo's gone, the principals he's bringing will still be here. IT'S FINALLY SAFE FOR ME TO HAVE A SON.

 

Beware, ladies.

[SouthSideRyan]

Take heed, carpets.

[jersey cubs fan]

I was extremely optimistic about the long term future of the Cubs a decade ago, ironically when Hendry was in charge of the farm system.