Admittedly, I'm a glass-two-thirds-empty kind of guy, and I watch from a perspective of "What will do us in, in the end?" moreso than "Can we do it this year?" There's the optimism and hope of a fan on one hand, but on the other hand is a cold adherence to chance and probability. Statistically speaking, after having so recently won a CWS, it will be a while, if ever, before we do it again. Granted, statistics only describe what happens, they don't control what happens, and probability likewise merely suggests what's likely, not what is imminent. But the realities of this game that dictate the statistics which describe it are such that it's improbable we can actually go all the way.
I wish I could cut that part of my brain off and enjoy with pure, unadulterated optimism. Because frankly, it does little to mitigate my disappointment when the season finally ends without a trophy.
