For the first time since 1909, the Chicago Cubs enter a Major League Baseball season as the defending champions.
In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson says history shows Cubs fans shouldn't get too excited about a repeat.
The Cubs open defense of their World Series title Sunday, April 2 in St. Louis.
Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, the author of Pops: The Willie Stargell Story and Growing Up With Clemente.