The Ride Begins...

Just a few days into the baseball season and the roller coaster is in full motion. Please, keep all arms and legs inside the car.....this could be a bumpy ride!

Go Cubs Go!!

Game One:  Ryan Depmster is our opening day starter and things are looking pretty darn good. Demp seemed to have ironed out all the kinks that showed up in his last spring training start. That is until the top of the fifth when he got wild and ended up allowing a Grand Slam to Pirates 2nd Baseman Neil Walker. Two innings later Demp let another one fly when Andrew McCutchen connected on a 2 run shot.  The Cubs came back with 1 run in bottom  of the inning...but nothing more. It's kinda hard to win a game when you are out hit 11 to 7 and leave 8 of 10 runners in scoring position...in scoring position!!

Game Two: Carlos Zambrano was on the hill. Seven innings pitched while giving up three isn't a bad start of the season for a guy who had to seek anger management treatment last year. May have been longer if hand cramps hadn't gotten to him. Which is too bad because if he could have lasted one more inning he may have walked away with win. Seems the Cubs bats finally decided to show up in the bottom half of the 8th inning. Cubs batters strung together hits and walks to hang a 5 spot on the Wrigley Field scoreboard. Included in the rally was a two out two run double by pinch hitter Blake DeWitt To score the winning runs. Carlos Marmol Came in and struck out the side in the top of the ninth to notch his 1st save of the season and bring the Cubs up to the .500 mark.

So we are two games in and I have to say I like what I am seeing so far. I think that if the staff can stay healthy we have a shot of hanging with the anointed ones (Reds) and hopefully can handle our business with the Cardinals, Brewers and the rest of the NL.  It's early on in the season I know...but I'm hopeful that this is the year we turn things around!! Next year is here.

Which leads me to another thought....If the Cubs make the World Series this year....I will probably have to be up at odd times to get to see most of the series games since I will be in Europe!!! I can see it now, Cubs win World Series and I'm in France or England! The only way it would be worse is if they played the Angels or another team close enough to go see the games!  But, I would take it for the chance to say those immortal worlds, "WORLD SERIES CHAMPION CHICAGO CUBS"