04/05 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Atlanta (Lowe) 3:05 CDT, WCIU & ESPN

[illiniguy]

can we get a mulligan? We can give back the three run homer too.

[inari]

That was a great start. :(

[Cubswin11]

Hahahaha, Wow :old_givebeer: Sometimes all you can do is laugh.

[jersey cubs fan]

Ballgame. I'm out.

 

This is why I need to stop looking forward to things. It always ends in disappointment. If I think bad things will happen, then I don't get pissed off when they do, and if they don't it's a nice surprise.

 

Live in the now man, forget about the future.

[TruffleShuffle]

i see we are off to a solid start in 2010

[erik316wttn]

Is it OK to complain about Z now? #-o

 

No. Because this isn't his fault, you know. Those balls weren't hit all that hard. Or the sun was in his eyes. Or he's depressed. Or something.

[Schwarber Fan]

anyone who is watching this and doesn't care who wins should just go quit calling themselves a Cubs fan.

[Ski]

How come it's always the Cubs on the awful side of things?

[Butterscup1679666578]

I think we can all agree on one thing - this is somehow Milton Bradley's fault.

[hardcorecubfan]

I am apologizing to all those people I drove passed at 85 mph yelling "Get out of my way, don't you know it is opening day?"

[Butterscup1679666578]

anyone who is watching this and doesn't care who wins should just go quit calling themselves a Cubs fan.

 

Or some of us aren't spastic 16 year old kids who realize that in the grand scheme of things (both the season and life), this doesn't [expletive] matter.

[Derwood]

the Cubs NEVER get any foul calls. Quit flopping, Chipper

 

bunch of chuckers....

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I think we can all agree on one thing - this is somehow Milton Bradley's fault.

only LaTroy can stop the bleeding

[JonnyRed]

Maybe Z should schedule an appointment with the Cubs new psychologist? He has all the talent and no mental capacity at all...what a waste

[UMFan83]

Ah i remember why i dont do game threads, the amount of panic over 1 inning when there is AT LEAST 1457 innings left and 161 more games. Just a reminder, the cubs lost the opener in both 2007 and 2008 and lost the first 2 in 2008. In 2006 they slaughtered the reds, just saying opening day has little to do with the rest of the year.

 

all those seasons ended exactly the same way though

 

False. In 2006 we ended the season with a win. 07 and 08 with losses.

[Guest]

You know, I really hate when idiots bitch and moan at the pitcher in innings like this, they just show how completely ignorant they are about the game of baseball.

 

 

Pretty much... this is why half the board stops doing game threads after a week or two.

 

But then you would miss all of Erik's hilarious overreactions.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/20100405_Cubs_Braves_0_22_lbig_.png

[inari]

Is it OK to complain about Z now? #-o

 

No. Because this isn't his fault, you know. Those balls weren't hit all that hard. Or the sun was in his eyes. Or he's depressed. Or something.

 

Come on.

[erik316wttn]

You know, I really hate when idiots bitch and moan at the pitcher in innings like this, they just show how completely ignorant they are about the game of baseball.

 

 

Pretty much... this is why half the board stops doing game threads after a week or two.

 

But then you would miss all of Erik's hilarious overreactions.

 

Exactly. It's fun being the only one (apparently) who ever criticizes the Cubs for anything ever.

 

Shut up and go watch a bunch of Europeans kick a ball around a lawn.

[Ski]

If we lose, we are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs.

 

2007-lost Opening Day, made playoffs.

2008-lost Opening Day, made playoffs.

2009-won Opening Day, did not make playoffs.

[Andy]

For whatever it's worth, we have 21 outs left to work with. Gonna need to work some good counts though.

[SouthSideRyan]

Is it OK to complain about Z now? #-o

 

No. Because this isn't his fault, you know. Those balls weren't hit all that hard. Or the sun was in his eyes. Or he's depressed. Or something.

 

Nobody's saying that you psycohpath

[illiniguy]

If we lose, we are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs.

 

2007-lost Opening Day, made playoffs.

2008-lost Opening Day, made playoffs.

2009-won Opening Day, did not make playoffs.

What did they do in 1908?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Where does Marshall fit in ranking the team's pitchers? Sixth or seventh?

 

Glad to see him pitching incredibly low-leverage innings.

[Derwood]

erik is the sulley of game threads