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season kind of snuck up on me, anyway here is a thread to talk about the upcoming 161 games - one already in the books

and......

the cubs won!

lester had a rough day but the offense showed up, i'm already in on happ and he's off to a great start at the top of the order

go cubs go!

Made work arrangements months ago to be in Lauderdale this weekend so i'm going with a friend to tonight's game in Miami, Hendricks is pitching. woot woot

just a quick "suck it" everyone that has to watch the game on TV!

I won't even be able to watch on TV for most of this season. I moved during the off-season and decided I didn't want to afford mlb.tv this year and I don't have a tv set up for the nationally televised games right now. We'll see how long I can go after watching 150+ games the last few years with mlb.tv.

One game in and one error on Schwarber resulting in one unearned run. I can't believe they still haven't accepted the reality that they need to trade him.

Kizz Fastfists wrote:I won't even be able to watch on TV for most of this season. I moved during the off-season and decided I didn't want to afford mlb.tv this year and I don't have a tv set up for the nationally televised games right now. We'll see how long I can go after watching 150+ games the last few years with mlb.tv.

One game in and one error on Schwarber resulting in one unearned run. I can't believe they still haven't accepted the reality that they need to trade him.

we'll have to go through a year of 'new look' schwarber to see if there is any improvement

i will give him some kudos, he does look good and very different

17 innings! I left in the 14th. Got my money's worth on the tickets, not so much on the $13 beers, crazy prices on food & drinks.

what a marathon, the bullpen is going to be in shambles and we're only two games in

good for butler going 7 innings though

more extra innings. at least we came out on top this time

any thoughts on darvish's debut?

hermes wrote:any thoughts on darvish's debut?

It is one outing. I didn't see it, but I'm not worried about it. I'm not worried about Lester or Quintana either. If they are sitting with ERAs around 4.50 in June I'll start to be concerned.

should we be worried about the offenses feast or famine routine? that's got a trend that's been going on for a while now

hermes wrote:should we be worried about the offenses feast or famine routine? that's got a trend that's been going on for a while now

It's too early to worry about anything. We know they will be a top offense. We know what the veteran pitchers should do. It is going to take a lot more then 4 games to get me to be concerned. Get back with me after 50 games and we'll see how things are looking. Right now they just need to get into the flow of the season and win games. If they are 25-25 then I'll start to be concerned. If they are 35-15 I won't care if they didn't score in those 15 games because they will be consistently, 70% of the time, scoring enough.

lester back on track

baez had a nice game

ian happ with a big hit! hopefully that gets him going

The pitching seems to be trying to do their part. Need to put the Pirates back in their place.

not chatwood's day

rizzo on the dl, hopefully he can get back and healthy soon

come on cubs

I'm not happy with how this season is starting. However, I also realize it doesn't matter much at this point as long as it finishes the right way.

struggling again, hopefully whenever rizzo gets back he gives them a spark - not sure what to do about the pitching

bryant is off to a great start though

baez! and they came all the way back!

finish this off cubs!

now they're walking everyone

this is crazy

It is going to be on the bullpen in the 9th.