4/2 World Champion Chicago Cubs (Lester) @ Cardinals (Martinez) 7:35 CDT, ESPN/670

[treebird]

cubs won world series pretty good but not enough

 

crush the stupid cardinals prove our worth

 

we can do it if we eat barbecue that's right bbq it's the new thing we do when we need a rally no more nachos sorry guys but it is played out

[treebird]

bbq nachos are tite tho

[jersey cubs fan]

[Hairyducked Idiot]

What games are they wearing the gold trim? I love that horsefeathers and they should wear it all year.

[Derwood]

BBQ gives me the poops

[UMFan83]

This is going to be awesome

[David]

What games are they wearing the gold trim? I love that horsefeathers and they should wear it all year.

 

Home opener and 2nd home game

[bcl412]

oh good a meaningful game in which I won't have to drink loads of booze to survive my nerves. I will just choose to drink loads of booze.

[CubInOK]

IMB has everyone beat because he has access to Burn Co. Barbecue.

[mikeyt34]

Weather in St. Louis looks decent for the series. Chance of some rain here and there but the temps are in the 60's.

 

Edit: According to Jesse Rogers it seems Maddon is ready to throw Albert into the fire right away against a tough right handed pitcher, has him slated to bat 9th, pitcher 8th. If there was a time you would think Maddon would go with Jay, this would be it, but I like the confidence Maddon is showing in Albert. Hopefully this is an early sign that Almora is going to be given an early opportunity to be the everyday starter and Jay as the back up.

Edited April 1, 2017 by mikeyt34

[Omar]

Cubs v. Martinez

Name               PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Anthony Rizzo      30  26  7  1  1  3   7  3  3 .269 .333 .731 1.064  0  1   1   0         1
Kris Bryant        24  19  3  0  0  0   0  4  8 .158 .333 .158  .491  0  0   0   1         0
Addison Russell    20  19  5  1  0  0   2  1  1 .263 .300 .316  .616  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward      17  17  7  1  0  0   2  0  3 .412 .412 .471  .882  0  0   0   0         1
Miguel Montero     15  12  2  1  0  0   3  3  5 .167 .333 .250  .583  0  0   0   0         2
Ben Zobrist        15  13  5  1  0  0   2  2  3 .385 .467 .462  .928  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella    13  10  2  1  0  0   1  3  2 .200 .385 .300  .685  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez        12  12  3  1  0  0   0  0  3 .250 .250 .333  .583  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Lester         12  12  3  0  0  0   1  0  3 .250 .250 .250  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Kyle Schwarber      6   5  0  0  0  0   0  1  3 .000 .167 .000  .167  0  0   0   0         0
Brett Anderson      5   4  0  0  0  0   0  1  4 .000 .200 .000  .200  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Arrieta        2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kyle Hendricks      2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur         2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             175 155 37  7  1  3  18 18 41 .239 .320 .355  .675  0  1   1   1         4

 

Cards v. Lester

Name                PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jhonny Peralta      63  58 14  3  0  3   8  5 18 .241 .302 .448  .750  0  0   0   0         2
Matt Carpenter      36  33  5  1  1  0   1  3  8 .152 .222 .242  .465  0  0   0   0         1
Yadier Molina       34  31  9  3  0  0   4  2  5 .290 .324 .387  .711  0  1   0   0         0
Stephen Piscotty    18  16  3  1  0  1   2  2  4 .188 .278 .438  .715  0  0   0   0         0
Kolten Wong         14  13  2  1  0  0   1  1  3 .154 .214 .231  .445  0  0   0   0         0
Randal Grichuk      13  13  1  0  0  0   0  0  9 .077 .077 .077  .154  0  0   0   0         0
Jedd Gyorko         10   8  2  0  0  0   0  2  4 .250 .400 .250  .650  0  0   0   0         0
Carlos Martinez      8   7  0  0  0  0   0  0  4 .000 .000 .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Matt Adams           6   6  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Mike Leake           5   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  4 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Wainwright      4   4  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Aledmys Diaz         3   2  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .333 .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Greg Garcia          2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Lance Lynn           2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jose Martinez        2   2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500 .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Eric Fryer           1   0  0  0  0  0   1  0       0            .000  0  1   0   0         0
Total              221 202 37  9  1  4  17 16 65 .183 .241 .297  .538  1  2   0   0         3

[Sammys Boombox]

http://www.plowboysbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BBQ-Nachos.jpg

 

These people that have won tons of American Royal BBQ awards decided to open a restaurant just down the street from our new house right after we moved in. The BBQ nachos are awesome.

 

I was really hoping we would wear gold trim for the opening series in St. Louis...

 

Last year the Royals wore their gold trim for every Friday home game. I'd like the Cubs to do something similar.

[Omar]

they should just wear the World Series Champions hats every game

[Ding Dong Johnson]

someone message cubbie swagger so i know if i need to get top shelf bbq

[Splendid Splinter]

someone message cubbie swagger so i know if i need to get top shelf bbq

 

Dude... have you ever had bottom shelf BBQ? Doesn't get you quite full so you have to eat a lot more of it.

[Sammy Sofa]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

if they lose I will burn your house down

[ScrubMD]

It's opening day tomorrow?

 

Welp, looks like I missed Christmas.

[Cubswin11]

This is gonna be fun, commence the Dong Show

[davell]

So, a 10 spot in the 1st? Too light? Do we get extra tenths of runs this year for our dong length? If not, I'm afraid a bit of apathy may set in and we lose interest by the 5th.....Mercy rule? Surely, that ones been approved for us, right?

 

I feel as if Theo needs to send out an apology to MLB for the psychological damage the group is going to do to other teams. Divorce rate amongst players at an all time high, wives leaving their supposed baseball men, after realizing they married the lesser talented players......Kids ashamed their dads aren't good enough to play for the Cubs.....

 

We need to take heed, baseball is now only fun for us.

 

horsefeathers it. I doubt watching teams in the fetal position all year gets old. Theo must have planned for that too.

[Sammy Sofa]

Look, that the Cubs' winning it all was part of the Cavs, Patriots and Trump winning it all shows that they truly are the villains that their sport must hate. Might as well embrace it and REALLY bring it on with a minimum five-peat.

[PetermanRealityTour]

http://68.media.tumblr.com/7e904ee01a6a8ee24c5a80a1efec195a/tumblr_nita4qGdkj1u7hi19o3_250.gif

[bcl412]

What are the odds that Schwarber breaks the single season home run record...in this game?

[Irrelevant Dude]

This may be the least I have ever looked forward to Opening Day. I know I have seen some people say they are sick of talking about last year and ready to move on, but I'm not even close to being there yet. This season is going to feel different for sure, and I honestly don't know yet what impact that will have on how I watch the games. It still seems like the playoffs were a few weeks ago and I don't know how excited I will be able to get about regular season baseball. Is anyone else feeling the same way or am I the only horsefeathers who isn't counting down the minutes until 7:35pm?

[David]

I can't horsefeathering wait