Yesterday, one of the greatest things in Cubs history happened.  It’s a sad testament to the history of this “proud” franchise that I’m only slightly exaggerating when I say that.

Three players, none of whom have spent more than 90 days in the big leagues, hit back to back to back home runs.  In a spring exhibition game.

Everyone within a 600 mile radius of Chicago immediately became erect.

The three players are all important parts of the Cubs future.

Jorge Soler will be the starting right fielder this year and he’s a giant who can do incredible baseball things and if I think about him too long I pass out.

Javy Baez might be the second baseman on opening day, or he might be in Iowa.  At some point he’s going to get his shit together and not strikeout every at bat and a half and he will become an absolute middle of the diamond, middle of the order menace.  It might be April, it might be July, it might be 2016.  It’s going to happen.

Kris Bryant isn’t the resurrected Jesus of Nazareth, but only because we learned in Major League that Jesus can’t hit a curveball.  Here’s how hyped Bryant is.  If he finished the 2015 season with a .270 average, 30 homers and 80 RBI (at age 23 no less) people would be disappointed.  He is expected to be the best player in baseball the day he makes his debut and then get better.  Look, we know that’s not going to happen.  But he’s going to be pretty damned good.

So while many of us excitedly fist pumped at our computers upon seeing these back-to-back-to-back homers, or merely hearing or reading about them, a lot of other people shook their heads and said things akin to, “Big deal.  It’s spring training. Who gives a shit?”

They’re not wrong.

Neither is anybody who looks at the Cubs current Cacti League record of 0-6-1.  Big deal.  It’s spring training.  Who gives a shit?

I’m not one of the people who believes this is a playoff team.  I just don’t think it is.  I think they’re going to be a lot better than they have been, and I think they’re going to be a helluva lot of fun to watch and I think they will soon be an actual perennial playoff team.  So I’m happy as hell.

But even if I thought they were an immediate contender, I would not care that they are 0-6-1 so far this spring.  Do you know what the 1984 Cubs spring training record was?

They were 7-20.

They won 96 games that year.

Most years they finish right around .500 in the spring.  It’s predictive of nothing.

The spring is not about what your record is.  It’s about teams getting ready for the season.

It’s about watching three guys you can dream on hit about 1400 feet worth of home run in the span of about four minutes.

Because that was pretty awesome.