Countdown to Pitchers and Catchers: 5 days Happy Valentine’s Day from Chicago Cubs Online Spring Training begins this week. The hype and expectations surrounding the Cubs will kick into high gear this week as well. And the baseball writers that haven’t picked the Cubs to at least win the NL Central, simply have not gotten around to it. Joel Sherman labeled 2016 as “the Cubs’ year” and while the team may or may not end the longest championship drought in the history of North American … [Read more...]