What we learned from Jed Hoyer's Chicago Cubs end

Chicago Cubs president Jed Hoyer took a look back at the year that was for his baseball team.

It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t mediocre, either. The Cubs won 92 games and won a playoff series for the first time in eight years. That has to be something.

Still, it wasn’t enough. Otherwise, the Cubs would be playing the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series right now.

In fact, the Cubs’ run reminded Hoyer what it was like to host October baseball. He wants more, too.

"I don’t ever remember players commenting on the crowds and the experience right after games the way they did repeatedly," Hoyer said. "I’d come down here after games and the players would be talking about the energy or talking about the experience, and that was really cool. It was really cool to see. And you know, it leaves you want