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

[SpongeWorthy]

and this is how it ends, on the first day.

 

remember, you're cub fans and nothing good ever happens to the cubs.

 

Yeah, but that's only because you're one too.

[illiniguy]

can't believe we gave samardzija $10M out of college. that's what you do with guys like pedro alvarez, matt wieters, mark prior, etc, not a guy who is probably a late first-round talent that you want to buy away from another sport. what a horrendous use of resources.

Hendry is really bad at his job.

[Little Slide Rooter]

[expletive] me. This team is a joke.

 

Im assuming your joking or thats out of frustration. We scored 5 runs off a damn good pitcher. Z had an off day and Shark is Shark.

[erik316wttn]

Jeff, see if Notre Dame is interested and please just go away.

[jersey cubs fan]

Oh wait, the defense messed up. Now it's not a bad inning for Samardzija.

 

Not that it matters, but Zambrano had bad luck that kept the inning alive and then paid for it. Samadzija screwed this up from the start.

[Magnetic Curses]

why doesn't this stuff ever happen for us instead of to us?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

What happened to Shark's stuff? I remember watching his MLB debut and his fastball had so much movement. Now he can't locate it and when he does locate it the ball is dead straight.

 

Maybe you were watching him during an earthquake?

[Cubswin11]

Go get em' on Wednesday. This is still a .500ish team, if we can stay in it long enough to make a move for a guy or two around the deadline (or get someone to come up and be productive Cashner, Castro, etc.) we could sneak in as the WC. Even though this is getting ugly. Just leave Samardzija in and don't wear out the bullpen.

[Smack]

KEEP HIM IN LOU! We're at funny bad now.

[TruffleShuffle]

who cares, just leave him in until he gets out of the inning or gives up 20

[Little Slide Rooter]

[expletive] Lou, just leave him in. At least its entertinment. Whats the point exhausting the pen at this point,

[Tim M]

Relax, 161 more to go. I'm hoping that's a good thing.

[erik316wttn]

can't believe we gave samardzija $10M out of college. that's what you do with guys like pedro alvarez, matt wieters, mark prior, etc, not a guy who is probably a late first-round talent that you want to buy away from another sport. what a horrendous use of resources.

Hendry is really bad at his job.

 

That's the one thing that discourages me about Ricketts: He's kept Hendry when he clearly should have fired him as soon as he assumed control of the team.

[SpongeWorthy]

He's been living with that wildly effective label for that split second in 08 when he was wildly effective. His stuff isn't good. It just sucks and he can't locate it anyway.

[illiniguy]

Go get em' on Wednesday. This is still a .500ish team, if we can stay in it long enough to make a move for a guy or two around the deadline (or get someone to come up and be productive Cashner, Castro, etc.) we could sneak in as the WC. Even though this is getting ugly. Just leave Samardzija in and don't wear out the bullpen.

I fear letting Jim make a move that will help for this year.

[Hawk4Hall]

Let's just ship Samardzija tp the Bears for hot dogs. Hell, even the buns would do.

[chasinf5s]

its not at all shocking that he still sucks, he had a era above 6 in Spring Training, he isint very good at all. The sooner the POS is off the team the better

[CubbieBum]

Not the biggest of our problems right now but we have had a number of throws off the mark. We need to do some routine infield drills and practicing outfield to cutoff to third base or home drills.

[Magnetic Curses]

and this is how it ends, on the first day.

 

remember, you're cub fans and nothing good ever happens to the cubs.

 

Yeah, but that's only because you're one too.

 

i wouldn't box me in by simply classifying me as a cubs fan. i have a few other teams that nothing good ever happens to, as well.

[illiniguy]

Not the biggest of our problems right now but we have had a number of throws off the mark. We need to do some routine infield drills and practicing outfield to cutoff to third base or home drills.

We just came from spring training, if they didn't learn to do it then, I doubt they are going to now.

[chasinf5s]

he throws as straight as a [expletive] pitching machine.

 

You mean Kevin Gregg?

[UMFan83]

Obviously it's just one game and it wouldn't be a big deal if it was game 64 or something, but I wondered why all spring I wasn't excited at all for baseball season, and part of me thought it was because I didn't think the Cubs were going to be good at all this year. But I shook that off thinking that its just me being pessimistic. Watching this game isn't calming my fears. Here were the things I was worried about:

 

1. Starting pitching

2. Soto not regaining 2008 form

3. Soriano not bouncing back

4. Fontenot continuing to suck

5. The Bullpen being bad

 

So far so bad.

 

Hopefully games 2-162 will be better.

 

It's not fun to get whalloped on Opening Day, now I feel bad for what we did every year in the early to mid Oughts on Opening Day. Mets, Reds and Diamondbacks, I am sorry.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The mystifying thing about Samardzija isn't that he's bad. It's that there was never really a good reason to think he wouldn't be bad.

[SpongeWorthy]

Is it beyond the pale to suggest sulley off himself for the greater good of Chicago fans?

[UMFan83]

Do you think Rickets is sitting there saying "Holy [expletive] what did I just do?" and then remembering first gate of the year is only 7 days away. Edited April 5, 2010 by UMFan83