3/31 Brewers(Sheets) vs Cubs(Zambrano) 1:20 WGN/ESPN2

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

OPENING DAY!

 

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring... which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle. You see, there's a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I've got a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. 'Course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. 'Course, what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball - now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God's sake? It's a long season and you gotta trust. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.

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The Chicago Baseball Club of the National League otherwise known in his current form as the Chicago Cubs, begins its 132nd season of baseball.

 

This guy

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Carlos Zambrano

 

will take the mound versus

 

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University of Louisiana Monroe alum, Ben Sheets

 

The Cubs will stack up this way against the rivaled Beermakers from the north...

 

SS Ryan Theriot

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LF Alfonso Soriano

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1b Derrek Lee

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3b Aramis Ramirez

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RF Kosuke Fukudome

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2b Mark Derosa

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C Geovany Soto

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CF Felix Pie

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Are you ready for baseball?

 

Let's go Cubs!

 

Take one step closer to the goal!

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and

 

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and

 

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Go Cubs!

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Edited March 30, 2008 by vance_the_cubs_fan

[Schwarber Fan]

Rain, Rain, stay away!

Thunderstorms until early afternoon, then partly sunny. Chilly, then dramatically milder as winds turn southerly. More heavy storms by evening.

[Roast]

I'm ditching classes to work this game. It should be fun.

[UMFan83]

DeRosa? Is Brian Roberts hurt or something?

 

 

(sorry, I had to)

 

Go Cobs!

[anabiono]

i didn't realize how excited i was for this until wood struck out whoever to finish off the game a few hours ago!!!

 

holy crap it is for real again!!!

 

LET'S GO CUBBIES!!!

[Jon]

Not that anyone will be watching on ESPN2, but Brent Musburger will be doing PBP. It's apparently his first game in 13 years.

[Brian]

don't forget it's also Ernie Banks day in Chicago

[BCVM22]

Everyone ready for the season? Are you ready to dominate? Be dominated? Ready to be on the winning end of a blowout? The losing end? Are you ready for the adrenaline of trailing all game only to come back and win late? The despair of leading all game only to lose it in the 9th? Are you ready to lose games we should have won? Win games we should have lost? Are you ready for the singles, the doubles, the triples, the longballs? The stolen bases, the throws from the outfield, the pickoff throws? The strikeouts, the walks, the balks, hits? The exhilaration, the disappointment, the screaming, the silence? Are you ready?

 

I am. http://75.125.185.66/forums/classic_images/smilies/icon_gu_b_slayer.gif

[Andy]

I have never ever ever been more excited for a Cubs season.

 

I say that almost every year. But it keeps being true.

 

<---------------- I BELIEVE!

[Schwarber Fan]

It's hard for me to get pumped for a game that I'm 80% sure isn't gonna happen on time.

[Andy]

Everyone ready for the season? Are you ready to dominate? Be dominated? Ready to be on the winning end of a blowout? The losing end? Are you ready for the adrenaline of trailing all game only to come back and win late? The despair of leading all game only to lose it in the 9th? Are you ready to lose games we should have won? Win games we should have lost? Are you ready for the singles, the doubles, the triples, the longballs? The stolen bases, the throws from the outfield, the pickoff throws? The strikeouts, the walks, the balks, hits? The exhilaration, the disappointment, the screaming, the silence? Are you ready?

 

I am. http://75.125.185.66/forums/classic_images/smilies/icon_gu_b_slayer.gif

This post is awesomeness.

[BCVM22]

I do my best.

[otis89]

Let's do this! Go Cobs!

[Chris]

Anyone else coming down with blue flu? /cough cough

[PrimeTime]

Oh man..Less than 48 hours away..Im gonna start puttin back some Old Styles at 8AM on Monday

[Roast]

Anyone else coming down with blue flu? /cough cough

*raises hand*

 

Ditching 3 of my 7 classes for the week (stupid 3 class mondays) to go to "work" if you can call it that. Hopefully I'm posted in the lower deck (or upper deck really) so I can actually watch the game. Anywhere but the bleachers or a gate.

[Vanilla Ice]

damn school and varsity practice that I can't skip

[Roast]

Rumor is Willie Mays and Hank Aaron will be present for the Ernie Banks ceremony. Sweetness.

[Schwarber Fan]

What time is the Ernie ceremony? WGN probably told me numerous times today but I can't recall.

[Roast]

What time is the Ernie ceremony? WGN probably told me numerous times today but I can't recall.

I thought I heard 10...but I'm unsure.

[Schwarber Fan]

Also, this thread sadly needs this:

 

[Jon]

10 AM - Honoring Ernie (60 minutes, HD)

12:30 PM - Next Year is Here (30 minutes, HD)

1:00 PM - Pregame (HD)

[Roast]

10 AM - Honoring Ernie (60 minutes, HD)

12:30 PM - Next Year is Here (30 minutes, HD)

1:00 PM - Pregame (HD)

Hmm. My shift doesnt start till 11. Methinks i'll show up an hour early....

[Schwarber Fan]

I should be home right on time at around 1:15 (CT).

 

Take away the wet stuff, and we're ready to go!

[David]

Also, this thread sadly needs this:

 

 

 

GET TO THE WORKIN OVERTIME PART