The Final Flop

Steve Treader over at Hardball Times posts his final piece on the Williams-Santo Cubs. These were the first teams that I hazily remember.

Steve concludes on the Cubs teams from the late 60's to early 70's:

The question of whether this particular core was the most talented to never win a flag remains one of the most hotly debated topics among all fans, Cub and otherwise. My own feeling is that they probably weren’t quite as good a complete ball club as we thought they were at the time, and certainly not as good as wistful Cub fans might like to remember them. But there's no question the late 1960s/early 1970s Cubs were a highly talented bunch, and if they weren’t the very best team that never won a thing, they were close.