2003 Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats: Epilogue

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty ImagesFor all of you who followed me along through my look back at the 2003 Cubs, I want to thank you. I hope there were things to be learned, things to be remembered and some enjoyment to be had. The 2003 season had one of the more painful endings in Cubs history, for some the most painful. But it was a season that was a step forward for the franchise. This was a season that saw the Cubs win a postseason series for the first time since the World Series win of 1908. It saw the Cubs swipe a division title out from under someone else down the stretch rather than having it stolen away.

For me, the saddest part was that the 2003 team was not the beginning of an era of…