For the second consecutive year, a Chicago team is in position to start selling playoff tickets to their season ticket holders.  The Cubs are running away with the National League Central title and are looking for their first World Series appearance since 1945.

Thanks to a randomly selected combination assignment, I would end up with tickets to a home Wild Card game, should the Cubs collapse like its 1969, all Division Series home games, the home games 1 and 3 of the Championship series, and, due to the AL winning the All Star Game, games 4 and 5 of the World Series.  Unlike past playoff appearances, it seems I would have my normal tickets for the first two rounds, before moving much closer to home plate but 7 rows up for the World Series.

The Cubs have little left to prove in the regular season and will need to exorcise some post-season demons after getting swept out in their last 3 appearances as the organization starts to reap the benefits of the years of work starting with the hiring of Theo Epstein in 2011.