Today is Opening Day.... but not for the Cubs

They say that the Cubs' season opens tonight in Houston.

They're wrong. The Cubs' season opens in October, with the National League Divisional Series. Nothing that happens before then matters any more than spring training. And better that they not make the playoffs at all than that they go out in the first round again this year.

Getting to the NLCS is the only thing that will make this season other than a failure. Winning it is the only thing that will make it a success.