1989 Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats: Introduction

Getty Images Welcome back to Historical Heroes and Goats. For the past three offseasons, I’ve helped pass the time in between live action with a look back at memorable seasons in Cubs history. In our inaugural edition, I looked at the season that ignited my Cubs passion, the 1984 Cubs. That was, of course, one of a few frustrating Cubs seasons that came up just shy of returning to the World Series. Still, for me that is a season that I treasure in my memory bank. That one will always be near and dear to my heart and one of my favorite Cubs seasons.

For some, our second edition of HH&G was an even more painful season. Two years ago we looked at the 2003 Cubs. That team made the deepest run of…