After the Cubs’ elimination from the NLCS was cementedby the Dodgers’ 11-1 win Ian Kinsler Jersey in Game 5 at Wrigley Field on Thursday, baseball observers are urging us to put a muzzle on any more talk about Chicago’s dynasty in the making.Here’s a sampling of those thoughts:The Cubs appear to be entering a more perilous period than almost anyone would have expected from last season’s ostensible juggernaut-in-waiting, writes Zach Kram of The Ringer.The 2017 season was a slog, in which the Cubs won the fewest games of any division champion and didn’t secure a winning record until after the All-Star break. The defending titleists could be forgiven a World Series hangover, but the underlying factors for that extended slump give pause to the dynastic discu sion.While the offensive core is still intact, this season marked stalled development for several important Cubs youngsters, and a year of unexpectedly harsh aging for the few veterans on the roster, and the future of the pitching staff is even more vexing.Yes, he’s from St. Louis, but Jeff Gordon of the Post-Dispatch writes under the headline, Pump the brakes on Cubs dynasty talk.Long-suffering Chicago fans hoped to see a baseball dynasty form on the North Side and it doesn’t appear they will get one, Gordon opines.The Cubs sprung leaks everywhere and gave the Theo Epstein/Jed Hoyer management team plenty to do this offseason. Their pitching staff needs an overhaul and the offense needs reconfiguring, too, after its playoff failure.The Chicago Tribune’s David Haugh writes, Now the real challenge begins.Getting back on top of the mountain often proves more difficult than climbing it the first time. … To have any hope of reclaiming the title, as soon as next year, it will take https://www.angelsedges.com/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim/garrett-richards-jersey a frank, honest a se sment of a Cubs team that shouldn’t be satisfied with a 92-win season and NL Central Division title.The onus ranges from the players who were dominated by the Dodgers to Cubs President Theo Epstein and the front office.And USA Today’s Nancy Armour writes the Cubs now have to wonder how much the window has closed.The team Andrew Heaney Jersey itself, of course, is putting a positive spin on its recent succe s and potential future.”That’s pretty darn impre sive,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of the team reaching the NLCS in all three seasons he’s been at the helm. “That speaks to the group, speaks to the organization itself. That’s not lost on me, believe me. That’s pretty special stuff. You could ask other groups in Major League Baseball who have not had that same situation and ask them what they think about it.”I hope everybody understands that, I hope our fans understand that,” Maddon continued. “We intend to stay on the same path for many years to come.”