Cubs 101 - Pt. 70 - 0 and 6: a Tale of Two Post Seasons

The Playoff Cubs -- it could've been the team's nickname after Chicago made consecutive post season trips for the first time in 100 years.  But while one of the two occurred with no expectations, the other was one of the bitterest disappointments since the Bartman Incident half a decade before.  And both exampled the problems that the Cubs will continue to deal with any time they reach the post season. In '07, as we highlighted earlier, the Cubs were dead-to-the-neck-up when they turned around and played some of the hottest baseball in the land.  As the season drew to a close, Chicago entered the playoffs with a 85 wins and were set to take on the unimpressive-but-solid Arizona Diamondbacks.  It pretty much unfolded as you'd expect, with offensive struggles, managerial mishaps, and petty celebrations. Carlos Zambrano, four years removed from his last trip to the playoffs (when he suffered some beat-downs), started Game One of the '07 playoff...