After a crushing four-game sweep in the 2015 National League Championship series, as Chicago Cubs fans, we all felt pretty good. Well, maybe not right after the series. I’ll admit, it was a pretty disheartening end to the campaign. But we were competing a year earlier than expected and put together one of the best seasons in years.
New York went on to advance to the World Series before falling to the Kansas City Royals. That marked the Mets’ first pennant since 2000 – and just their second since 1986. And with a young rotation boasting the likes of Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom – with more talent in the minors, the future was brighter than it had been in years.