4/1 CUBS (Samardzija) @ PIT (Burnett) 12:35 WGN

[sweetpeteman]

Sorry about the delay, was at work all day and only had time to start the thread from my phone.

 

 

Cubs:

 

Jeff Samardzija

 

Projected line up:

 

1. CF: David DeJesus

2. SS: Starlin Castro

3. 1B: Anthony Rizzo

4. LF: Alfonso Soriano

5. RF: Nate Schierholtz

6. C: Welington Castillo

7. 3B: Luis Valbuena

8. 2B: Brent Lillibridge

9. SP: Jeff Samardzija

 

 

Pirates:

 

AJ Burnett

 

Projected line up:

 

1. LF: Starling Marte

2. C: Russell Martin

3. CF: Andrew McCutchen

4. 3B: Pedro Alvarez

5. 2B: Neil Walker

6. 1B: Gaby Sanchez

7. RF: Travis Snider

8. SS: Clint Barmes

9. SP: A.J. Burnett

 

 

Here's to another season:

 

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Edited April 1, 2013 by sweetpeteman

[mookie]

That about sums up this season.

[UMFan83]

Has the lineup been announced post Barney's injury?

 

Guess:

DeJesus, CF

Castro, SS

Rizzo, 1B

Soriano, LF

Schierholtz, RF

Castillo, C

Lillibridge, 2B

Valbuena, 3B

[Andy]

Has the lineup been announced post Barney's injury?

 

Guess:

DeJesus, CF

Castro, SS

Rizzo, 1B

Soriano, LF

Schierholtz, RF

Castillo, C

Lillibridge, 2B

Valbuena, 3B

Carrie Muskat posted a 'projected' lineup that is identical to that, save Lillibridge and Valbuena swapping places.

[bcl412]

Best day of the year!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Pirates are going:

 

Marte LF r

Jones RF l

McCutchen CF r

Alvarez 3b l

Sanchez 1b r

Walker 2b s

Martin C r

Barmes SS r

Burnett P r

 

That's a little better than I thought their lineup was. But if Samardzija can't dominate that on a coldish day in April, I will be disappointed.

[KaiserCesar]

Agreed, that should be pretty manageable to get through a few times. Should be able to get at least a couple off Burnett.

[Guest]

Go Cubs!!!

[imb]

Is this game going to actually happen?

[Andy]

Is this game going to actually happen?

High of 41 with rain scheduled. I'd be surprised if it started on time in any case.

[Guest]

It certainly won't be a wash out tomorrow so I have to imagine they'll get the game in:

 

A chance of showers, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. West wind 13 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

[Schwarber Fan]

Accuweather doesn't even think it's going to rain...

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/pittsburgh-pa/15219/hourly-weather-forecast/1310?hour=37

[Soul]

I will finish this later

 

lol, seriously?

[bcl412]

It's be nice if we could at least hover around .500 for a while.

[haubrich91]

Let's go Cubs!

[CubbieGager]

Opening Day is without a doubt my favorite day of the year.

 

As someone stated above, hopefully we can be around .500 for a while, and at least make the decision to sell off the extra parts a tough one.

[treebird]

only three guys in the opening day lineup who should be batting eighth, sweet

[Jake]

'Afternoon everybody

[Jake]

only three guys in the opening day lineup who should be batting eighth, sweet

Was this about our lineup or yours?

[Sammy Sofa]

HIGH FIVE, JAKE.

[Guest]

Samardzija should be batting 6th.

[pitchcs]

We've got an optimistic Iowa basketball fan in here.

[jersey cubs fan]

Is this game going to actually happen?

High of 41 with rain scheduled. I'd be surprised if it started on time in any case.

 

It seems every time there's a little rain in the forecast somebody says something like this. I don't get it.

[Sammy Sofa]

I just assumed everyone was making fun of Aramis_Fan when they said something like that.

[abuck1220]

Is this game going to actually happen?

High of 41 with rain scheduled. I'd be surprised if it started on time in any case.

 

It seems every time there's a little rain in the forecast somebody says something like this. I don't get it.

 

and eeyore is usually so optimistic.